If you don't like musicals then stay home instead of complaining.

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2017)

I read some critics reviews before I went. They ranged from 0 to 100. The movie seems to know this will happen since Hugh and the director thank you for coming to be entertained before the movie starts and the biggest jerk in the movie is a hoity toity critic determined to bring down Barnum's show. What critics want in a movie as they get paid to review it and why I want to pay to see a movie are 2 different things. Two quick thoughts..... 1. How can this be historically spot on anyway? Did Barnum sing and dance in every conversation he had from childhood on? Sheesh, just enjoy the great music and awesome dancing and remember that you had to Wikipedia Barnum's backstory before or after the movie because you didn't know it anyway. 2. The critics want character depth???? They can't just appreciate that the bearded lady nails the singing and the dancing, they need to see her pain and her being picked on from her first hair on her chinny chin chin.
Hollywood will hand you some serious crap and we all know it as we stand at a Redbox, flip through Netflix or decide if we want to take out a home equity loan to take a family/spouse/date out to a movie and buy any snack. If you want entertainment from start to finish without occasional lull's in between then GO SEE THIS MOVIE.