I didn't want to watch the SuperBowl today, but I wanted to watch something - so I went for a movie. I've always been a fan of P.T. Barnum and so when I saw that this was a movie based on his life - I decided to check it out without any further research.
I sat down, the theatre got dark and I realized - IT WAS A MUSICAL!
But you know what? It was a pretty good musical. It was a pretty terrible rendition of P.T. Barnum's life but I am probably the only person who ever read his life story that is actually going to see the movie. Still, it wasn't bad. Some pretty good songs, a couple of beautiful women, a bearded fat lady, a little person, and a bunch of 'freaks' who seemed to be very nice people even though they had few to zero lines - none that I can remember.
The story starts with little P.T. Barnum - whose father is a tailor but can't sew his shoes up. The young lad is in love with the daughter of the rich guy his dad makes clothes for and this leads to a hard slap from the girl's dad, her being sent away, and then PT watching his dad die and getting an apple from a freak and a job with the railroad. Then, he gets the girl. It happens about as fast as you just read that but with a couple of songs.
They are poor but happy and he loses his job and gets a fraudulent loan to buy a museum which he turns into a circus and freak show. More songs as the freaks join him. Then he wants respect and he sort of turns on the freaks and goes on a big train trip with a beautiful Swedish girl, leaving his wife and daughters behind. Don't worry though, she wants him but he doesn't want her - or thinks better of it. Then he loses everything and his circus burns down.
He realizes he already has everything - all he needs is a tent by the river to have shows in. More great songs and a happy ending. Sorry about the spoilers, but actually, the story is so manufactured and obvious that it won't matter. What makes The Greatest Showman a great film worth watching is the magical realism, the music, and the non-stop colors, dance, and emotion. Highlight of the film may well have been Rebecca Ferguson playing Jenny Lind singing her first number. Spectacular. This is a movie that you need to see on the big screen in a theatre. You need the size, the vertigo, the sound. It's worth it. If you smoke a doob beforehand, it might be even better.
Script: 4
Cinematography: 7
Music: 8
Acting: 5.5
Casting: 8
Set and costume design: 10
Overall - I'd rate this a 7 out of 10.
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