You'll Like It Despite Yourself

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2018)

Just when you have tired of the fast cross-cutting, the obvious use of dancing doubles and the auto-tuning, just when you start to think of The Greatest Showman as a movie you can crack wise during, Rebecca Ferguson will start to sing her power ballad. And you will be nudged into the musical's world. Or so you think. Because here comes the amazing Keala Settle with an anthem on pride that will SHOVE you, lock, stock and barrel, into The Greatest Showman's world, and you will never look back. So what if Barnum's adorable kids never age in 5 years? So what if Zac Efron can't dance? This movie tries way too hard, especially in the first half hour, but it will win you over.