Critics are dumb. Listen to the audience scores.

Rating: 10/10 (5 March 2018)

I have never written a review here. Ever. This is the first movie to ever compel me to do so. I admit, I was a bit doubtful about an original "Hollywood" musical, as last years La La Land left me severely disappointed, and especially since this movie's lyrics were written by the same people, so I went in with very very low expectations. But this literally ended up being one of THE best movies I have ever seen in my entire life. This might even be my new favorite movie. The songs literally gave me goosebumps, and the movie just makes you smile and fills you with joy. I've seen it twice in theaters, and just pre-ordered the movie through Amazon. This really is one of those movies you can watch over and over.
I have also not trusted critics for a while, especially ones here (Metacritic) and definitely not Rotten Tomatoes. If you look both here and there, Critics give it around a 50% average, while audience gives it nearly a 90%.. Always, ALWAYS listen to the audience. Movies are not made (at least they shouldn't be) for critics, they are made for the audience. That's the whole point of making a movie is for an audience, so their opinion should count above all else. This movie was snubbed at the Academy Awards last night, only being nominated for Best Original Song, and it didn't even win that. The Academy Awards for at least the past decade, have been very untrustworthy. I usually watch the nominated and winning films every year, and most every year they are not at all worthy of such praise. So Academy Award nominations mean nothing to me anymore. People's Choice Awards should be where it is at, that should be the new standard of Hollywood, as I am sure this will be nominated. And being an actor myself, if I ever did "make it", a People's Choice would mean more to me than any Academy Award.
This movie is fun, plain and simple. It get's you from the beginning and doesn't let go.