Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Go for the 1950s version if you like the movie

Love the movie, loved the play in Washington with Maurice Hines as Nathan Detroit. This 1992 version is lifeless, in my book. The spoken parts on this CD seem wooden (and not in the gloriosly stilted manner of Damon Runyon's characters--just flat) and the songs lack punch. For my tastes, Sanatra (in the movie) was the ultimate sad sack Nathan Detroit, while NO ONE beats Stubby Kaye (original Broadway play and movie) as Nicely Nicely Johnson.