disappointing. lame. uninspiring. childish.

Rating: Null/10 (15 January 2017)

i love musicals. all the old Fred Astaire and gene Kelly movies, all the rogers and Hammerstein. those wonderful Cole porter songs, the thrilling choreography. exciting ensemble performances. foot tapping and humming as we left the cinema or theatre after watching Cats, Les miserables, mama MIA, or Matilda. this film was nothing like them. the music was unoriginal (elevator music), the choreography was lame, the plot was banal. the lead actors worked very hard but despite their obvious beauty and skills, even they couldn't save it. sorry. it should have been animated and targeted for the pre-teens. it was an insult to our intelligence. i cant think who could have loved this film? no one i know liked it. we worked hard analyzing it trying to give it credit - anything - but it was a struggle. "sweet" was suggested, "second half was much better" was another comment. we really wanted to like it.