Four young hopefuls from different parts of the country head to Broadway for a shot at stardom. They include Fast Eddie, a Los Angeles singer and composer; Carrie a farm girl from Ohio; Valerie, a talented but poor church singer and waitress from Harlem; and Ralphy, a cocky kid from Philadelphia.
Leonard Maltin dismissed the film as "astonishingly amateurish" and stated that it "looks like a film they tried to save in the editing room; it didn't work."[3]John Elliot was equally dismissive in his review, stating that it was "An inconsequential film that should be retitled Heading Nowhere."[4]CineMag critic J. Paul Costabile praised Gene Foote's portrayal of the choreographer but otherwise felt that the cast's talents were hampered by poor material.[5]The Boston Globe critic Michael Blowen stated, "Every moment tastes like a cream puff washed down with a pint of undiluted maple syrup. Brooks never ventures into the psychological underpinnings of his ambitious quartet or lets his camera gaze on the sleazier side of Broadway."[6] Noel Taylor in The Ottawa Citizen similarly dismissed the film as "imitation syrup", but praised Vivian Reed's performance as "riveting" and the only one to "survive the Brooks treatment".[7]
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