Incredible voices, vibrant scenes

Rating: 9/10 (21 January 2018)

I'm not that much into musicals, but this got me simply mesmerised. I didn't know what to expect to be honest, and I was a bit sceptical when the curtains rolled up, but scene after scene I was just pulled in more and more, and by "never enough", I was cooked, flambé'd and (well) done completely.
All characters are really performing at their best, even the supporting roles are superb! Obvously the songs are are the "bread and butter" here, and they are great (I mean, really great), but it doesn't stop there: the characters are not 2 dimensional, the costumes are fantastic, and the settings just bring alive the period it is all set in. The story only loosely follows the "true"events, but who cares: it is human, it is emotional, it is enchanting, elevating and sometimes heart-wrenching...somehow making the power of pursuing dreams to the full tangible (along with the related costs of such an endeavour).
Definitely, defintely worth the time to be spent at the cinema, and can't wait to get it on DVD (the songs and scenes just keep haunting me, so youtube till then - but this will get onto the self, that's for sure).