This is the musical La-La Land SHOULD have been

Rating: 9/10 (17 March 2019)

Personally, I kept looking at my watch during my cinematic viewing of the navel-gazing heavy-handed "La-La Land" (never a good sign). Once over, I wondered what the hoopla was. Then come the critics and the awards, and I just still couldn't see the praise being heaped upon it. Then along comes "...Showman" and this film. It took liberties with time-lines, combined characters, created fictional situations.... and so what? Just like the equally dazzling "Bohemian Rhapsody" (congrats, Rami Malek!), it was a very entertaining movie, great songs, and you left the theater feeling marvelous - not like you were wishing you could get back the depressing two hours and four minutes you just wasted. If you want a documentary, switch to TLC. However, do you want to be entertained? Grab some popcorn and tune in!