The Pajama Game

The Pajama Game

Based on the hit Broadway musical, featuring the choreography of Bob Fosse.

Directed by George Abbott, Stanley Donen

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures

1957103 min6.3 / 10

A bright, energetic musical romance that uses a labor dispute as a backdrop for charming courtship and elaborate song-and-dance numbers.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Pajama Game easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 98% of films.

  • Does The Pajama Game end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 97% of films.

  • Is The Pajama Game violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is The Pajama Game scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is The Pajama Game sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

20/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity12

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise18

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love35

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like The Pajama Game

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Pajama Game

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Pajama Game, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Pajama Game, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Pajama Game, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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