The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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The Pajama Game
Music · Comedy · Romance · 1957
An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.
Movie details
The Pajama Game
“Based on the hit Broadway musical, featuring the choreography of Bob Fosse.”
1957 Music · Comedy · Romance 1h 43m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Pajama Game?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
George Abbott · Stanley Donen
Written by
George Abbott · Richard Bissell
Doris Day
Katherine 'Babe' Williams
John Raitt
Sid Sorokin
Carol Haney
Gladys Hotchkiss
Eddie Foy Jr.
Vernon 'Hinesie' Hines
Reta Shaw
Mabel
Barbara Nichols
Poopsie
Thelma Pelish
Mae
Court is in session
Put The Pajama Game on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.