No Toe Tapper..........

Rating: 5/10 (7 January 2017)

I wanted to like it, but sadly it just didn't live up to the hype for me! As hard as they tried Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone just came across as amateurish in the musical numbers, and I couldn't help but think how much better it could have been with a Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds in the leads, but of course there's no one of that musical caliber around these days! No memorable songs either, even the much talked about opening number on the freeway was a letdown, bunch of people jumping on and over cars, a few unimpressive dance moves and some incoherent song, I doubt Busby Berkley would have given it the thumbs up? Why everyone's raving about this film is a mystery to me, I can only assume there's a lot of people out there who have never seen a musical from the 30's, 40's, or 50's? Maybe it would have worked better if they'd set it in the 50's and left out the modern non melodic pop songs? Also thought the ending was quite bizarre! A good try I suppose, but it just fell flat for me, sorry!