Over hyped tedium

Rating: 1/10 (24 January 2017)

The opening scene showed promise with an expansive dance scene but after that the film took a nose dive. There were no memorable dance scenes apart from opening and closing sequences. The dialogue, story line were mundane. I wanted to leave the cinema half way through but felt that my wife preferred me to stay, though afterwards she agreed it lacked any good music or dance and was awful!If you have memorable memories of great musicals from the likes of West Side Story don't waste your money. There were no memorable songs. Today I don't remember any which says something. One song they flogged and played throughout in different ways but it wasn't a strong piece. The lead characters failed to dance to any high degree of skill though it could be argued in their defence there was little opportunity for them to dance. If you enjoy the musical genre and have memories of West Side Story,The King and I, South Pacific etc you will be so disappointed. Each one of those musicals has a list of memorable songs that stay with you years later. This film had none. The film will disappear into the ether and be forgotten. Hollywood hype and exposure has won over film quality.