Review of Holiday in Mexico

I watched Holiday in Mexico for the first time last night. The majority of the picture is quite entertaining. Jane Powell is quite lovely and I enjoyed her acting but I can't stand the music they made her sing. First, she is a sixteen year old bobbysoxer not a 40 year old women. I think most of the music should have geared for a younger audience. Roddy McDowell is great in this film as is Walter Pidegon. The ending of the film is horrible. No where in the rest of the picture is it even mentioned that it is Christmas time or close to it. The ending should have been an upbeat modern number and there should have been more conclusion as to the status of the relationships between Powell and McDowell and Walter Pidegon and Massey. It seemed like they just tacked on the ending and slapped a title on it. I think something more like "The Ambassador's Daughter" would have been a better title and dump the Ava Maria ending. I give it a 6 for overall quality but I don't know what people were thinking back then when it comes to music and age appropriate singers.