Don't waste your money ... see the musical on B'way

Rating: 3/10 (27 December 2008)

I looked forward to this movie for a long time because of the cast but I was VERY disappointed. Why, oh why didn't they cast people who could actually SING in a musical ??? Seriously.. Only Amanda Seyfried can sing and Colin Firth is a close second but they are definitely NOT singers. The rest of the cast can't carry a tune in a bucket. This could have been a really good musical w/the right cast. What they ended up with is really mediocre at best. Sure glad I didn't pay to see this. I'm sure the Broadway musical blows this away with little effort. The performances are fairly blah and the scenes don't transition smoothly. Even the acting is sub-par. I think they knew this was a bomb because they certainly didn't put on their best performances by any means. I was really disinterested... it couldn't keep me captivated.