It's hard for me to work up much enthusiasm for this dull DANNY KAYE vehicle directed in uninspired fashion by Michael Kidd, who does manage to do some nice acrobatic things with dance once in awhile. But the dances (and the songs) don't do much to lift the film above the very ordinary.
Maybe kids will be entranced by the idea of a grown man joining the circus--a man who is really a school teacher/archaeologist into Greek mythology and the statue of Pan. It's an odd concept for a musical comedy starring Kaye. Pretty PIER ANGELI has absolutely no chemistry with the overaged Kaye and their scenes together are clumsy to behold.
I'm astonished at the positive reviews I see here on the IMDb board. The film is way below Kaye's usual standard in just about every way imaginable, providing him with some of the weakest material ever in the way of script and songs, none of which are the least bit memorable.
Strictly second-rate stuff, even for admirers of Kaye.
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