Absolutely the worst movie.

Blistering performances.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

This movie has stuck out in my memory since I first saw it as a 6 year old back in 1991. The songs, the story line, everything. I saw it on TV and for years couldn't remember enough about it to nail down the name. I'd searched for it various ways on google, IMDb, and other random ways. The music was a huge part that stuck out to me. For years I have still remembered the music. I could sing it but I didn't have a clue what the names of the songs were, and didn't know how to find out.Just tonight I decided to take another swing at it and search again. I typed a few key words in (movie boys choir school racism...) hoping I'd get some where.. and much to my surprise there it was "Perfect Harmony".. i was floored.. All these years later, and who knows how many attempts to find this movie and finally- success. I then was able to find another site which listed the music from the movie and bingo now all these classical songs which have been stuck in my head for years I can actually listen to. It's really incredibly awesome.This movie is a great movie, def worth the watch and, at least for me, worth the buy.

The song goes that I'd love to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. Unfortunately, in the area of racism and segregation, perfect harmony has yet to be achieved.This film takes place in a South Carolina elite private school for boys in 1959, when segregation was the in-thing down south. The school supposedly prepares boys to take their place in the world-a world where they will continue to practice segregation.The best performance in the film is given by Darren McGavin, the headmaster, who epitomizes the old southern tradition of bigotry. His daughter conveys an absolutely phony southern accent and her attempt to emulate Scarlett O'Hara is outlandish at best.You would certainly think that the conflict between the new choirmaster and McGavin would come to the front due to the former's liberal ideas but this really doesn't happen. By the way, who was that brat of a young Klansman who attacks our white hero, Taylor, so viciously? We never find this out.The film also deals with the coming friendship of Taylor and a black child, an orphaned grandson of the handyman, played nicely by the usually reliable Moses Gunn. Miscast in the film is Cleavon Little, as the town preacher. His call for justice is made in a voice that sounds too familiar from "Blazing Saddles" in 1974.It has to be said that the boys exhibit beautiful choir singing.Paul, the promising student, is consumed by hatred. We see his typical rebelliousness due to being insecure, parents who never come to visit and his trend to sneaking a smoke in private areas.The film should be praised for its attempt to wipe out bigotry. Unfortunately, this problem is too big to be conveyed in 1:33 minutes.

I was 10 when this movie came out and in a boychoir at the time. For someone in my position, the music sung by the Blanton boys was so relatable. I've done the solo of Laudate Dominum that Taylor does in the opening scene of the movie. Keeping with the theme of music, the film accurately shows the two ends of the spectrum from classical to blues as depicted by Taylor's world and Landy's world, respectively. The pieces are well chosen on both sides. The unchanged voices in the film provide a certain nostalgia for me since my days as a soprano are long gone. Some others on IMDb have questioned how or if boys can sing that high. Speaking from personal experience, yes unchanged boys voices sound exactly like they do in the movie. I myself could sing soprano until I was 12.As for the other theme of the film, racial tension in the south during the 1950s, the film is also very realistic. I am black and although I don't speak from personal experience, my own studies of that period in American history combined with comments from my parents and grandparents that were present during that time paint a very similar picture. There was an almost palpable tension between blacks and whites especially in the deep south. I think the movie demonstrates that tension. It also demonstrates the movement of change that would culminate with the Civil Rights movement during the 1960s. The strong friendship Taylor and Landy develop stems from their mutual love of music. They show interest in what they've grown up hearing as well as the music of other cultures. To both of them, music in any form is beautiful. The ultimate lesson of the story centers around how music can act as bridge.I would highly recommend this movie. It's a great film for the family to watch to open a dialogue regarding race. There are acts of violence along racial lines and KKK references, but the realism of the movie makes it worth watching.

I've loved this movie since I was a kid and saw it for the first time.I'd watch it every day, then sing myself to sleep with the songs I learned from it, whether they were in English or Latin (jibberish when I'd sing them). This is a great movie for musicians, a great movie to take to school, full of awesome music and lots of eye-openers. Music is as prominent a character as Taylor and Landy in this movie and the different types of music and where they are played in the movie represent the issue of racism, but not as directly as the storyline in the movie. Most people who watch it with friends will tear it apart because it's a little predictable and there are some cheesy parts, but those are inevitable in any movie. Watch it and you'll end up loving it too. It's not a waste of your time, just watch it and you won't regret it.