There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

For the first quarter of this deliciously silly but romantic operetta, Jeanette Macdonald is a shrewish diva who needs taming desperately. Tough Mountie Nelson Eddy is just the one to do it, suddenly aware that she's the sister of the Mountie murderer that he's searching for. Even then, he leads her along slowly, and pretty soon, their own Indian Love Song will be calling them.This comes from a style of musical that people either love OE despise, and surprisingly, there is a cult following for the team that dominated musicals for the remainder of the 1930's, if not as down to earth as the two other big musical teams, Fred and Ginger, and Dick and Ruby.The outdoor setting is beautifully filmed, with plenty of comedy and innuendo to balance the few remaining songs from Rudolf Friml's 1924 popular Broadway era. Eddy is commanding singing the "Mountie" song and humorously serenades Jeanette with the light hearted title song. For song and dance, there's a fabulous "Tom Tom" number that may be offensive to some today.Along with Nelson and Jeanette is a young James Stewart in a small role as MacDonald's brother. Una O'Connor, Reginald Iwen, Herman Bing and Jimmy Conlin with Allan Jones in a minor singing role. This may strike some people as corn, but Indian corn is an all American favorite past time.

The movie/show "Dudley Do Right" was based on this, and unfortunately I saw those before this movie, so I was cracking up during the parts "When I'm calling you!" I can't say whether it ruined it for me or not. But I still liked it, despite of this, so it was all good.This movie is so cool! It wasn't as much as the singing (which was pretty), as the funny little things that they said! This movie is hilarious! What's his name isn't very good looking, but he's funny! Jimmy Stewart doesn't have a very big part, but he's still good looking! Jeanette McDonald's hair is really pretty, in fact, I think that her hair-style is the best she ever had it. Lovely movie, good plot, funny, very funny!

Beautiful scenery provides a romantic backdrop for this musical love story. The role of a stout-hearted Canadian Mountie who "always gets his man"--and in this case, "his woman", too!--is ideal for Eddy, whose stiff mannerisms usually hold these MacDonald/Eddy vehicles back somewhat. As a "straight and true" type his stiffness becomes an asset. While MacDonald undresses in a tent, for example, this Mountie's mind is solely on his duty as he goes through every item of her clothes (as she peels them off) looking for the map that will tell him where his quarry is. It never once occurs to this over-sized boy scout that this beautiful woman is getting naked two feet away from him!The opening half-hour or so is all Jeanette's and she is vibrant as a swell-headed prima donna whose every thought is of herself. MacDonald seems to really enjoy playing this caricature of a star. David Niven is barely discernible (he's not given one close-up) in his brief appearance as an unrequited suitor. His character goes from city to city to see Marie-- and to propose to her--only to be ushered to the door every time. There's also something deliciously wacky in the way Jeanette enchants everyone with her singing--they cluster around her the same way "100 Men" do around Universal's Deanna Durbin whenever she starts to sing.But the heart of this romance is in the wilderness scenes, perched above the lakes and hills and beneath the stars, where it seems like time has stopped and all that exists are two lovers singing the echo-like "When I'm Calling You" number to one another. The story in this musical has a wonderful habit of dropping away--while the beautiful singing and orchestration draw these two hearts closer and closer until they finally kiss and profess their love. It doesn't get any cornier than this--but the rhythm of this movie is just right. The last scene with Eddy just standing there finally able to return the "call" he couldn't before is played perfectly--all in song.The story has once again just dropped away and the two lovers are alone together again. There's a purity to this bonding that is hard to resist...

When you see this film, you must remember that these were America's Singing Sweethearts and movies were very different than they are today. We were just coming off of the Great Depression and moviegoers needed something frothy and light to forget their troubles. Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald were just the ticket. Although they may not have been the greatest actors in film (especially Eddy), they were beautiful to look at and when they began to sing, you were swept away. The story line was never very important.....it was just a framing device until the next song. That's what people came to see and hear...it was all so romantic. So, put aside any thought of Academy Award acting and if it's a little bit corny, just ignore it.....instead get caught up in the sound of two of the most glorious voices in screen history.....together they epitomized the romantic ideal. After almost 70 years, it's still wonderful!!!