Film Review: The Greatest Showman
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Cert: PG
Director: Michael Gracey
Screenwriter: (screenplay by) Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon (story by) Jenny Bicks
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Austyn Johnson, Cameron Seely, Keala Settle, Sam Humphrey, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eric Anderson, Ellis Rubin, Skylar Dunn, Daniel Everidge, Radu Spinghel many more...
Running time: 1h 45min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
Violence & Gore:
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
Frightening/Intense Scenes:
Story: Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation
Likes: WOW I'm not normally one for musicals but DAMN this film is just incredible, not only a musical but story as well inspired by the story of the real P.T. Barnum and his imagination mixed into a world-class musical that so inspiring and magical is hit the heart.
The whole choreography in this film is just amazing special the scene with Huge Jackman and Zac Efron right down to the whole cast of this movie, I'm gonna say it now this is the best film of 2017. As you know a lot of people know Zac from high school musical films so he's no stranger here, and does a brilliant job with his scenes as well as the scene with Zendaya who plays a trapeze.
The outstanding performance and singer Keala Settle first time from Broadway to in a musical film, if you don't know who she is she was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Her song she sings "This is me" seriously just melts you heart it such a fitting song for this film perfectly sung.
Almost ever know Huge Jackman as Wolverine where most of his career he's played as well as a few musical and other comedy's film, but it clear where Huge Jackman shine more that's in musicals, this because of he a showman at heart and a damn good one at that. This by far is one of his best performance to date.
Even the incredible performance from co-star Michelle Williams play the wife even giving us some amazing songs through the film just added the magic of this film, special from Rebecca Ferguson who is so incredibly gorgeous. Her song in the film song by the voice of "Loren Allred" making it look like Rebecca sang with brilliant lip syncing and wow a voice hauntingly beautiful as well. As Rebecca plays an opera singer Jenny Lind, who I do feel should have had a longer part in this film.
Along with it incredible choreography and set design its not just a musical, the story is about a man who came from nothing and built something that inspired the imaginations of people brought them entertainment, in-spite of hardship of society in the 1800's, he brought the people that society rejected and made them family and gave that family a home in the cirrus.
All the cast in this film, singers to movie stars truly made this one of the greatest musical films of our generation, right up there with west side story I can see this film truly be remembered for years to come. It one of those film's that truly inspiring and the song will have you tapping your feet and hand to, as well as have your heart melted by beautiful inspiring songs, this is a beautiful film to end 2017 on.
It truly inspires you to realise what the most important thing is in life: Family and friends
This is a film I recommend watching on the big screen.
Dislikes: Rebecca Ferguson should have been in the film longer than she was, I felt her character was a little to short in the film
Overall: Great inspiring origin songs, brilliant choreography, Amazing Entertainment best film of the year.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 10 out of 10 for origin songs and Amazing film
Cert: PG
Director: Michael Gracey
Screenwriter: (screenplay by) Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon (story by) Jenny Bicks
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Austyn Johnson, Cameron Seely, Keala Settle, Sam Humphrey, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eric Anderson, Ellis Rubin, Skylar Dunn, Daniel Everidge, Radu Spinghel many more...
Running time: 1h 45min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
- Some female characters in skimpy costumes.
- A man finds himself in a newspaper scandal when kissing a woman that is not his wife.
Violence & Gore:
- Circus protesters and performers fight each other in a brief brawl.
- A man is injured in a fire and does show some slight burn scars.
- The use of words like freaks was used
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
- Social drinking and smoking throughout.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:
- Official MPAA rating: rated PG for thematic elements including a brawl
- Many of the elements of the film, including mean-spirited protestors, the looks of the people in Barnum's show, and the unsettling atmosphere, can be slightly frightening, but the film is quite tame overall.
Story: Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation
Likes: WOW I'm not normally one for musicals but DAMN this film is just incredible, not only a musical but story as well inspired by the story of the real P.T. Barnum and his imagination mixed into a world-class musical that so inspiring and magical is hit the heart.
The whole choreography in this film is just amazing special the scene with Huge Jackman and Zac Efron right down to the whole cast of this movie, I'm gonna say it now this is the best film of 2017. As you know a lot of people know Zac from high school musical films so he's no stranger here, and does a brilliant job with his scenes as well as the scene with Zendaya who plays a trapeze.
The outstanding performance and singer Keala Settle first time from Broadway to in a musical film, if you don't know who she is she was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Her song she sings "This is me" seriously just melts you heart it such a fitting song for this film perfectly sung.
Almost ever know Huge Jackman as Wolverine where most of his career he's played as well as a few musical and other comedy's film, but it clear where Huge Jackman shine more that's in musicals, this because of he a showman at heart and a damn good one at that. This by far is one of his best performance to date.
Even the incredible performance from co-star Michelle Williams play the wife even giving us some amazing songs through the film just added the magic of this film, special from Rebecca Ferguson who is so incredibly gorgeous. Her song in the film song by the voice of "Loren Allred" making it look like Rebecca sang with brilliant lip syncing and wow a voice hauntingly beautiful as well. As Rebecca plays an opera singer Jenny Lind, who I do feel should have had a longer part in this film.
Along with it incredible choreography and set design its not just a musical, the story is about a man who came from nothing and built something that inspired the imaginations of people brought them entertainment, in-spite of hardship of society in the 1800's, he brought the people that society rejected and made them family and gave that family a home in the cirrus.
All the cast in this film, singers to movie stars truly made this one of the greatest musical films of our generation, right up there with west side story I can see this film truly be remembered for years to come. It one of those film's that truly inspiring and the song will have you tapping your feet and hand to, as well as have your heart melted by beautiful inspiring songs, this is a beautiful film to end 2017 on.
It truly inspires you to realise what the most important thing is in life: Family and friends
This is a film I recommend watching on the big screen.
Dislikes: Rebecca Ferguson should have been in the film longer than she was, I felt her character was a little to short in the film
Overall: Great inspiring origin songs, brilliant choreography, Amazing Entertainment best film of the year.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 10 out of 10 for origin songs and Amazing film
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