Doesn't work.

Rating: 4/10 (25 January 2008)

It doesn't work! Hollywood films of stage musicals, in general, don't work.
The film is well done, as a film. But it is so devoid of what the original show was full of.
Carter is a good actress, but really not good here. I don't suppose one could portray the wonderful Music Hall quality of the character in a film of 2008, though.
Burton should have known better.
A disappointment, I'm afraid.
For heavens sake, why didn't they include the "Ballad" in the end titles? It might have had a beneficial effect.
The only really successful thing is the score.
Pity.