Insanely Brilliant Family Entertainment

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2017)

I went to see this with my wife and 3 children. We all absolutely loved it. My wife came home and immediately bought the soundtrack. My son (who gives out ""lame" assessments to just about everything) loved it.
The songs were catchy. I cared what happened to the characters. So many of the scenes in the film were absolutely beautiful. The choreography overall was brilliant and there is one particular scene involving shot glasses that is simply stunning.
Some of the negative reviews complain about sketchy storytelling (it's a musical!), lack of historical accuracy (it's a musical!) or racing too quickly from one period to another (it's a...). I might as well review the Shawshank Redemption and say that the song and dance numbers were really poor :)
Just go and enjoy it for what it is - you won't be disappointed.