A Crowd Pleasing Musical

Rating: 8/10 (21 April 2020)

After watching quite a few action films from the 80s and 90s I needed a change of pace with a toe-tapping musical. And The Greatest Showman does the job. The Greatest Showman was a passion project for Hugh Jackman as he wanted to show off musical talents.
The Greatest Showman was an old-fashioned all-singing, all-dancing musical that had lots of energetic songs, even if the film did suffer from Frozen syndrome where some of the songs were overplayed. The opening number gets you in the mood and it continues from there. "A Million Dreams," "The Other Side", "Never Enough" "This is Me" and "Rewrite the Stars" were some of standout songs.
One of the biggest criticism was the film was not historically accurate. This would be a more valid criticism if it was a serious biopic, but I am willing to make allowances for The Greatest Showman because of its median and genre.