So I recently watched The Greatest Showman and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado...
This film is one of the more disappointing films of the year. When you have a musical, that's somewhat of a biopic and Hugh Jackman is the star of the film there are some high expectations the film needs to meet and it does meet some of them to a degree. The acting in the film is subpar when you consider the cast involved in the film. Hugh Jackman is great as always,but people like Zac Efron, Michelle Williams and Rebecca Ferguson just feel out of place in the film Visually it's one of the more beautiful films of the year and it definitely deserves an Oscar nomination for Visual Effects, Production Design and Costume Design. When you dive deeper into the backstory of P.T. Barnum, you realize the film itself really doesn't explain much of his life and it instead tries to tell you a different story all togehter for the the sake of storytelling which is fine if you go down that road, but at least make sure it's going to work before you even go in that direction. One extra piece that does stand out is the music and each piece of the music feels like it belongs and often at times it becomes a character within the film and takes over scenes that just leave you in awestruck wonder. Overall this film had a lot of things going right for it with the cast and visuals, but it ends up failing to live up to the hype. I give The Greatest Showman a 4 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of The Greatest Showman, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
This film is one of the more disappointing films of the year. When you have a musical, that's somewhat of a biopic and Hugh Jackman is the star of the film there are some high expectations the film needs to meet and it does meet some of them to a degree. The acting in the film is subpar when you consider the cast involved in the film. Hugh Jackman is great as always,but people like Zac Efron, Michelle Williams and Rebecca Ferguson just feel out of place in the film Visually it's one of the more beautiful films of the year and it definitely deserves an Oscar nomination for Visual Effects, Production Design and Costume Design. When you dive deeper into the backstory of P.T. Barnum, you realize the film itself really doesn't explain much of his life and it instead tries to tell you a different story all togehter for the the sake of storytelling which is fine if you go down that road, but at least make sure it's going to work before you even go in that direction. One extra piece that does stand out is the music and each piece of the music feels like it belongs and often at times it becomes a character within the film and takes over scenes that just leave you in awestruck wonder. Overall this film had a lot of things going right for it with the cast and visuals, but it ends up failing to live up to the hype. I give The Greatest Showman a 4 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of The Greatest Showman, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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