Boring music boring movie lacklustre inaccurate plot

Rating: 2/10 (3 July 2018)

I cannot fathom why people are giving this a 10/10. This film is astoundingly bad. Every song is basically the same (start soft with hope, get loud and shouty, simmer down to a finale either with a whisper or a bang), the plot is vacuous and uninvolved, poor Hugh Jackman has to fight to make his amazing talent actually peak through. The special effects are distracting and pointless. Characters are undeveloped. It's like a family friendly Moulin Rouge covered in icing just conceived to sell a pre-programmed soundtrack designed by a computer to be as inoffensive and unsurprising as possible. If you like musicals and want to watch a modern take, watch Moulin Rouge, Les Miserables, even Beauty and the Beast! In terms of historic accuracy it completely underplays the exploitative and seedy nature of the industry that was birthed thus. I could go on.
Honestly, don't bother watching this.