A world of weirdos, freaks and fantastic costumes!

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2017)

Today I watched The Greatest Showman.
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A world of weirdos, freaks and fantastic costumes is an easy sale for me so I've been looking forward to this for some time and I was not disappointed - from the very single opening shot - which is superb! I was hooked. Properly hooked.
I loved it all the way through.
Yes it's a very basic plot and a very basic script, very light in substance and quite predictable but if you want sumptuous visuals, incredible dance sequences and some really great cinematic moment it delivers the goods big time. Performances are excellent across the cast particularly good are Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson (Playing singer Jenny Lind). Proper on screen chemistry.
For my money I enjoyed it far more than LA LA Land, but for some reason it's had a lot of bad press. Too much willing suspension of disbelief perhaps? They have gone to a lot of effort on costume and wardrobe for that time period, but then one of the dancers is wearing DMs so, erm... Anyhoo.
There are three stand out scenes that should win this film Cinematography and Choreography awards left right and centre. Jackman and Effrom in the Bar with the barman is just the best choreographed scene I think I have ever seen and the 'Rope dance' with Effron and Zendaya defies gravity, and the premiere of Jenny Lind on stage is captivating.
I loved this film and if you need a bit of unashamed entertainment in this time of cold and darkness you could do a lot worse.
5/5. One of my favourite films of 2017.