The Vidiot Reviews....

Rating: 6/10 (2 April 2018)

The Greatest Showman
Being the ringmaster of a circus means that you get your pick of the freaks to marry.
However, that rule doesn't apply to the host in this musical because he's already wed.
Following a string of dead-end ventures, entrepreneur P. T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman) finally finds his calling under the big top. After trading in his curio exhibit for the real-thing, adding a trapeze artist (Zendaya) and a songbird (Rebecca Ferguson) to his menagerie, Barnum then partners with an eminent dramatist (Zac Efron) to bring his show to the masses.
Seduced by his success, Barnum now risks losing his performers and his wife (Michelle Williams).
While this socially conscience reinterpretation of Barnum's real life has a number of toe tapping tunes and dance numbers to its credit, as well as a dynamic performance from Jackman, it is completely fictional and misleading.
Incidentally, circus sideshows still exist; they're just called Walmarts now. Yellow Light