Not for everyone and not for me...the only spoiler is telling you its a "musical"

Rating: 4/10 (21 April 2007)

I did not realize this was a musical (people singing story dialog). I thought it was a story based on the era, which included performances. Now, I don't mind a musical, but did not enjoy this one. Hey, the singers are great...but since I did not know this was a 'musical' the movie trucked along like a normal story and 48 minutes in, they start to sing the dialog....what the..! So, OK...I can deal with this...nope. The movie seemed to be disjointed, flicking around..it did not know if it wanted to be a story or a musical...as I said, it was 48 minutes in before they started singing their lines (except for stage performances obviously) and over 2 hours....overly long. Quite a few people I know saw the movie and it was not promoted in Australia as a full on musical..so it disappointed a number of people that do not particularly like that style. I guess, since they have a story that can include excellent stage performance for the music, then why sing the dialog on top of it...spoils the continuity (for me anyway).