The Greatest Showman (2017)

• Year: 2017
• Released: 20 Dec 2017
• Country: United States
• Adwords: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 17 wins & 33 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1485796/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_greatest_showman
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-greatest-showman
• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 720p
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: PG
• Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
• Runtime: 105 min
• Writer: Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon
• Director: Michael Gracey
• Cast: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron
• Keywords: biography, based on true story, based on a true story, musical, singing,

	7.5/10
	48/100
	56% – Critics
	86% – Audience

The Greatest Showman Storyline

Orphaned, penniless, but ambitious and with a mind crammed with imagination and fresh ideas, the American entertainer, Phineas Taylor Barnum, will always be remembered as the man with the gift to blur the line between reality and fiction. Thirsty for innovation and hungry for success, the son of a tailor manages to open a wax museum; however, he soon shifts focus to the unique and the peculiar, introducing extraordinary, never-seen-before live acts on the circus stage. Now, some people call Barnum’s rich collection of oddities, an outright freak show; but, when Phineas, obsessed for cheers and respectability, gambles everything on the opera singer, Jenny Lind, to appeal to a high-brow audience, he will lose sight of the most crucial aspect of his life: his family. Will Barnum, the greatest showman, risk it all to be accepted?

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Viewers get drawn in

Viewers are hooked from the opening moment with its power ballads and Hugh Jackman in profile, and drawn into this amazing and wonderful journey.

Hugh Jackman Singing and Dancing. Need I say more?

I have watched this film approximately twenty or more times. That is in no way an exaggeration and I may be low-calling it. Sometimes, I just have it on in the background while I work out or in the morning or while getting ready for work or I play it while cooking in the evening.

On a couple of occasions, I’ve even caught my boyfriend humming the tunes. To say the songs stick with you, is an understatement.

In fact, we’ve listened and watched it so much, that on every 20th Century Fox Movie “opening” sequence on any and all other subsequent 20th Century Fox movies we’ve watched, I automatically think of this one, and I am half expecting to see and hear the “Ah, ah, ahhh, ahh …” and Hugh Jackman with his low “Ladies and Gents . . . “. Besides having a catchy and moving soundtrack, the film itself is a wonder to look at. The cinematography is beautiful, the costumes are well-done, and again, come on: HUGH JACKMAN singing and dancing. What could be better?

Well, for one, not better, but almost as great, is Rebecca Ferguson as Jenny Lind. The lady is gorgeous, and while she actually doesn’t sing her rendition of “Never Enough” (Loren Allred does), the passion and zeal she brings to her onstage performance, is one for the books. I could literally (and have) replay that one scene over and over. Zac Efron and Hugh Jackman also have a duet which is fun and witty and very creatively done.

The only reason I did not give it a “10”, is probably an unpopular view, and I know I will amass a hugh (not a typo :)) number of thumbs down, but oh well: I did not care for Zendaya AT ALL. I think she was so very miscast. I do not think she looked pretty in the film (although after filming, I saw her giving a couple of interviews and she looked beautiful); I thought she had absolutely zero chemistry with Zac Efron; and lastly, both her acting and her voice are like chalk grating on a blackboard to me. I think Logan Browning would have been cuter in the role. That’s just me though, although it did affect my thoughts on the film and my score.

All in all, WATCH IT if you have not yet done so. It is beautiful to look at and a (modern) masterpiece to the ears.

I know a lot of folks loved this film….but it just didn’t work for me. For me, it was an assault on my senses and painful to watch.

“The Greatest Showman” is a highly fictionalized, colorful and loud bio-pic about P.T. Barnum, the 19th century showman who helped create the circus experience we’re all familiar with today. I know some people who absolutely adored “The Greatest Showman” and it has a very respectable score on IMDB of 7.7….yet, surprisingly, I hated the film…so much I eventually turned it off. Perhaps it’s due to my age…perhaps I am a curmudgeon…all I know is that the film was too intense, too brash and too loud for me. Now it’s NOT because I dislike musicals…far from it. But this one is so in your face and abrasive that you’ll likely either find yourself pulled into it OR you’ll feel like screaming because it’s an assault on all your senses….I am in that second group. The film simply had too few quieter moments and was more like a rock concert by musicians on crack than an enjoyable movie. It looks great…but induces headaches because of the film’s intensity. A horrid viewing experience for me and my lovely wife.