Some of the best Songs of the year

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2018)

I liked it. It was not a perfect movie by any means but it was quite an entertaining turn with some truly fabulous and entertaining songs.
The biggest problem I had with it was probably Michael Gracey's direction which was not very satisfying and felt amateurish at times, and so did some of the choreographies (not all). The acting was solid and good but did not have a performance that truly out stood. Hugh Jackman was good but I preferred him this year in "Logan" and also his musical turn in "Les Miserables" was better. Zac Efron was okay, but a bit flat, and so was his character. Michelle Williams was good and had some good moments, probably the best performance in the whole film. Rebecca Furgeson was also good for the limited and one dimensional material she had to work with. Another good performance came from Keala Settle.
The look was good, in particular the costume work. The screenplay deserved some work, as it was probably a bit too straight forward, at least you could expect exactly what is going to happen so it was yeah, very predictable. But as mentioned in the beginning, I truly enjoyed the songs which were all through amazing. Kudos to the work of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul who after La La Land hit once again and that let me forget some of the flaws the film has.