A theater critic who can't find joy in the theater, now who's the fraud?

Rating: 9/10 (23 October 2018)

Critics miss the point so often with movies. Luckily I learned long ago to not pay any attention to their self righteous diatribe. This movie was brilliant. Beautifully filmed and directed, with catchy sugar popped songs that stick with you hours later. Another user review was quite correct it will leave you singing and wanting to twirl your way across a room.
I myself cringed inwardly when I saw the trailer and thought this is going to be a trainwreck. To my delight I found out how wrong I was when I finally watched this movie. It truly hits the mark of a great movie musical. It makes one smile, raises goosebumps, and even causes a small does of the teary eyes. Pure joyful entertainment. Quickly becoming one of my more favorite movies. And certainly worth the two hour investment of ones time. Watch and enjoy the movie for what it is, a beautiful and pure form of escapism, not for what critics think it should be. (Hell they don't even write movies, just complain about them hahaha)
So I am in agreement, the critics definitely got it all wrong, along with the handful of wanna be critics.
Side note: Clearly even the description says loosely based on Barmuns life. Meaning the mans life was inspiration for this musical, not meant to be historically accurate. Also hearing people who think they know something sputter about what a horrible exploiting man Barnum was as reason for not liking the movie is ridiculous as well. Yes he exploited people, but he also was a huge advocate for the 13th Amendment and a tireless philanthropist. He worked to bring beauty, joy and innovation into peoples lives. And the people that you're angry over him exploiting were able to live a better life, to eat, have a home and families even. Quite a lot of them went and toured on their own without him, making a far better living for their self then they would have otherwise been able to have.