Sooo Not Thought Out

Rating: 5/10 (29 March 2007)

Okay, I cannot deny the technical skill, the caliber of music and the amazing cast. However, if you are, like many people, easily annoyed by musicals, this will definitely make your knee jerk. They never needed even a hint of an excuse to morph into a song and dance number. The silliness of this was altogether bizarre, and they completely sacrificed character and story development to music and tap. This movie is "cute as a button", BUT, like a button, has no human (or animal) guts.
Even Robin Williams' usual brilliant performance fails to salvage the substance of this fiasco. How I wish that the wonderful, much deserved tribute to the great Steve Irwin (also, R.I.P. "as cute as a button") had not been attached to a movie sooo not thought out.