The Sound of Music Film Review

Julie Andrews stars in the classic musical movie, The Sound of Music (1965).  Andrews plays Maria, a woman struggling in her attempts to be a nun in an Austrian convent.  When Captain Georg Von Trapp writes to the convent in search of a woman who will be able to handle his 7 children, who have gotten rid of every other governess the Captain has hired.  Maria is given the job and heads to the Von Trapp home to care for the children whose mother has died.  Captain Von Trapp runs his home very strictly, and the children at first attempt to run off Maria as they have with everyone else, but Maria is different from the others.  Her fun personality and ability to relate to the children leads them to love her and embrace her as the governess.  Maria brings the entire family happiness, drawing them together.  Captain Von Trapp, too, becomes closer to his children and a happier man.  A conflict arrises as Captain Von Trapp, who is seeing the Baroness, and Maria, who is still technically a nun, begin to fall in love.  To avoid it, Maria runs back to the convent, and both the Captain and his children miss her dearly.  While she is gone, however, the Captain becomes engaged to the Baroness.  Back at the Convent, the reverend mother tells Maria to return to the Von Trapp home and face her problems.  When Maria returns, the Captain admits to the Baroness that he is in love with Maria, and the engagement is called off.  Maria and Captain Von Trapp are married, but when he is summoned by Nazi's to serve in their navy.  In an attempt to escape the Nazi's, the Von Trapp family is forced to leave Austria and walk to Switzerland.

The Sound of Music is a wonderful movie and story.  The cinematography is fantastic and shows beautiful scenery from the beginning with Maria singing in the hills of the convent.  Additionally, both the acting and singing are incredibly impressive.  The Sound of Music is a movie that can be enjoyed by the entire family.