The Greatest Showman (2017)

The Greatest Showman (2017)

Celebrates the birth of show business, and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. 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.

Rating: PG (for thematic elements including a brawl)

Genre: Drama, Musical & Performing Arts

Directed By: Michael Gracey

Written By: Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon

In Theaters: Dec 20, 2017 Wide

On Disc/Streaming: Apr 10, 2018

Runtime: 105 minutes

Studio: 20th Century Fox

The director, Michael Gracey, delivers quick doses of excitement in splashy scenes but has little feel for the choreographic action, offers scant historical substance, and displays slender dramatic insight. This isn't the story of Barnum's life, but a formulaic rags-to-riches story grafted onto the broad outlines of Barnum's career as a circus entrepreneur. Historians now agree that Barnum wasn't the one who said "There's a sucker born every minute," but it's hard to escape the feeling that you're being sold a poptimist bill of goods here. The closest it gets to a hummable toe-tapper is Come Alive, which, at the risk of damning with faint praise, sounds like a Miami Sound Machine D-side. The Greatest Showman is a perfunctory effort in story, music, dance, and direction that proffers empty messages about uniqueness, reaching not for the stars but for bland homogeneity.

An old-fashioned musical with a none-more-zeitgeisty songsheet, it may not be a flawless piece of storytelling, but it's a pretty decent show. Iam not a fan of musical but yet I find the movie watchable, its a good attempt and the acting is appreciable.

I would rate the movie a 2.9/5. #Moviereview #Blogging.