Gee, it's easy to con people! This movie is soooo B grade.

Rating: 1/10 (3 February 2017)

I saw this movie because of all the Oscar hype (how can a movie have more Oscar nominations than The Godfather?). I read the negative reviews and wanted to make up my own mind. The negative reviewers were absolutely right. In time, movie reviewers will look back on this movie as a 2017 aberration and wonder- what were they thinking? Did someone put something in the water? The plot is juvenile, cliché Hollywood struggles, about making it 'big'. Grow up! The plot reinforces racial stereotypes about the white guy being the purist and the black guys work for him. What the! The main characters can't sing or dance (I had to stop myself from laughing- what an insult to the greatness of past musical performers) Needs extensive editing. So many unnecessary long pensive moments. Filler shots. The special effects were so lame. (Eg you could see Emma Stones harness bulking up her waistline). Couldn't make out the lyrics in the jumbled mess of the opening number. Contrived pause to allow the audience to applaud. Unrealistic coy behaviour of the two leads as they fall in love- what the! (Are they tweennies? Is this set in current times or not?). Throughly, absolutely, forgettable.