Reviews & Ratings for
The Greatest Showman (2017)

A movie musical full of magic, talent and incredible songs. The greatest showman does have some pacing issues and it goes down hill a bit in the second act but overall its a great film and I cant get over how phenomenal the songs are. Hugh Jackman delivers such a believable and honest performance and I loved how obvious it was that he cared for this role. I loved the characters and I wish some of them had been fleshed out more but overall they were all great. I really enjoyed this film.

I honestly don't know what people see in this and it's only just starting. This is a movie that celebrates an asshole, for Christ's sake. Oh god, why did I pay for this? I know it's going to be dreadful! I usually know a flawed Hollywood movie when I see one, I just know I can't like this any more than Shape of Water. That would be ludicrous! CG everywhere, why the High School Musical pop?! No doubt about it, this is gonna be crap crap crap crap crap cr-

"Ladies and gents, this is the moment you've waited for..."


.............oh, HELL

I hoped this movie would be something I would really enjoy. With Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron in a musical, it had the recipe for amazement. But I found it was just fine. I wasn't a huge fan of the story line. Take away the music and it's just a tale of a hard luck man who starts a circus. As well the romance between the Zac Efron and Zendaya characters was hard to get behind since their only relationship seemed to be their heart eyes at each other. Even the "affair" with Barnum and Jenny Lind seemed more believable (though also very frustrating). The one thing I enjoyed was the songs but sometimes I felt they went on to long or were repetitive versus. If your a musical fan like me I wouldn't skip it but its definitely not one for the over re-watch shelf.