A bad farce

Rating: 1/10 (20 October 2019)

Nothing about this movie comes off as genuine, and very little is historically accurate or period-correct. Not the characters, not the songs, and certainly not the "circus". It's nothing but a big soapbox hiding behind a thin facade of glitter, preaching about equality issues that are completely out of place for the era.
The characters are bland contemporary caricatures, the musical numbers are all alike in the fashion of current showtunes, and the "circus" is little more than a few contemporary dance numbers with the barest smidgen of circus acts thrown in on rare occasion.
As far as historical accuracy, Jenny Lind did not quit her tour leaving Barnum in debt for it, there was no scandal with her and Barnum, and his financial woes were not caused by a fire burning down his museum. And the actual Circus wasn't started until decades later, when Barnum was 60.