Life Lessons From The Greatest Showman

Rating: 9/10 (13 March 2019)

The Greatest Showman is a story following the life of P.T. Barnum as he goes through his childhood, pursuing his wife, having kids, his time as an entrepreneur, museum owner, and eventually a circus and entertainment producer. He creates the first circus ever and is still considered the greatest showman today. The movie demonstrates how he pulls together a group of different and exotic people to create an entertaining show and how they work through multiple challenges and problems throughout the process.
The Greatest Showman is a unique story that shows us the creation of the circus business through a musical. The story focuses on the importance of being different and having creativity. It displays the idea of accepting differences when it comes to our talents and being ourselves. This story could be eye opening to someone of any age, presented through an entertaining and enjoyable musical. The music sung by the different characters brings in powerful emotion that I believe wouldn't be there without it.
The main character P.T. Barnum was a strong believer in using what makes us different and our unique talents to create something entertaining and surprising for people to enjoy. Throughout the whole movie he has great persuasion when it comes to giving people hope and courage to be themselves. In the movie he says: " "No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else". This shows how his clever use of words made a big difference in giving the people involved in the circus the courage they needed to get through the hate and judgement they constantly were receiving. I also found many inspiring quotes within the music sung by the people in the circus. The Bearded Lady is the lead singer in the song, "This is me". During this song she sings lines like: "When the sharpest words wanna cut me down, I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out". And "I am brave. I am bruised. This who I'm meant to be. This is me." These express the level of hate these people recieve for being part of this circus, yet they do their best to fight through it for the people who are enjoying it and for themselves because it gives the a chance to express who they are.
To conclude, The Greatest Showman is a sensational movie with a great cast and an amazing soundtrack that incorporates important life lessons and an entertaining storyline that can warm the hearts of watchers at any age. If you enjoy fun musical movies with a lot going on like La La Land, A star is born, or Mama Mia, I would recommend this movie to you. No matter where you are or what you are doing this film will excite you and make you want to get up and dance and I believe that makes for a good watch.