A complete failure.

Rating: 1/10 (15 December 2002)

It seems that most people either hate this movie or love it. I just can't understand how anyone could like anything about this movie. I admit I am not the biggest fan of musicals, but I can usually see how others can enjoy them and find something to appreciate. Musicals need good songs like West Side Story, good production like Oliver, or just silly fun like Grease. This had nothing. The hyperactive editing, garish colors and awful, awful music made this one of the worst movies I have ever seen, possibly worse than Battlefield Earth. While the whole genre is pretty goofy, a musical should at least have good choreography. It is impossible to tell if anyone is even dancing in this movie with all of the edits, camera angles, and effects. Many have mentioned how cheeky it is to use modern hits in this period piece. What most don't mention is how terrible those songs are. "Like A Virgin" is an awful song in any century!