I paid money to see this??

Rating: 1/10 (24 February 2002)

My husband and I and some friends rented this movie the other night, as none of us had seen it and we heard it had been nominated for an Academy Award. We kept waiting for the "good part"...and waiting, and waiting, and waiting. I wish I'd had a camera to capture the "HUH???" looks on all of our faces.

I read in another comment that people who didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't like this movie. Let me tell you, we laughed. A lot. The inane use of cheesy song lyrics of the 70s made for loads of belly laughs because it was so HOKEY. Other songs/lyrics incorporated into the dialog just made us shake our heads and roll our eyes.
We came near to shutting off the movie several times as the gaudy, dizzying visuals made us sick. We miraculously made it to the terrible ending of this movie (Spoiler alert) where we were shouting at Christian to go home and listen to his father...find a nice girl!!
I guess this is the MTV version of the musical. It made us want to go rent a real one, as this doesn't even deserve to be in the same genre as some of the truly great musicals of our time.
If this piece of junk wins the Academy Award, I will not be surprised, but it will be a big disappointment, and further indication of how low we can sink if this crap is considered to be fine entertainment.
I refuse to award this any stars.