Hello, Dolly!
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Hello, Dolly!

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1969 • 148 min • Comedy · Romance

Synopsis

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.

Our family guide

Best from age 6
85
Movie Knight Score
397 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
  • 70 Audience · 396 · 49%

Matchmaker Dolly Levi journeys to Yonkers to arrange a marriage for the "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. Along the way, she orchestrates a series of romantic entanglements and adventures for Horace's family and staff in bustling 1890s New York City.

Violence & peril
1/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
1/10
Romance & sensuality
2/10
Scary moments
0/10

Heads up

  • Brief, mild comedic arguments
  • Minor flirting and romance

What it models well

  • Resourcefulness and problem-solving
  • Kindness and generosity
  • Finding joy in life
  • Pursuing love and happiness

Talk about it after

  • The importance of community
  • How misunderstandings can lead to funny situations
  • Different ways people find love

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Top billed cast

Director: Gene Kelly • Crew: Ernest Lehman

Trailers & clips

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Reviewer notes

Recommended

Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau make for quite a formidable team in this entertaining comedy drama about a marriage broker ("Dolly") who is engaged to find a bride for the wealthy "Horace". He is a bit cantankerous so she has her work cut out for her, but undeterred - she travels to Yonkers where she embroils his two clerks "Cornelius" (Michael Crawford) and "Barnaby" (Danny Lockin) in more affairs of the hear...

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Details

TMDB audience
7.0/10 (396)
Age rating
G
Status
Released
Budget
$24,000,000
Box office
$33,208,099

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