The Greatest Showman Review

Rating: 6/10 (30 April 2018)

The film 'The Greatest Showman' is a bright, colorful, classic rags to riches story. The music and choreography were good, especially the trapeze choreography with Zac Efron and Zendaya. The music wasn't quite what I was expecting, specifically the song "Never Enough" that was sung by Jenny Lind who was known as an opera singer, but if you like catchy, pop music, you will enjoy the sound track. The film is visually pleasing with many bright colors and good costumes. It also conveys a very important message of acceptance, diversity, and the importance of family. However, I think it was too fast paced, glossing over some of the important plot lines and leaving some events a little unexplained. It results in many of the characters to be under developed when I think their backstories and relating to them should be really important to the story. Overall, I thought it was a little predictable and not really extraordinary, but it was entertaining which should be expected from an over-the-top circus musical.