Product: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 1.0
Wonderful Play Gone Bad
This is yet another example of an excellent musical play made into a horrible movie. The original play was purposefully set in unrealistic situations, but at the same time the music was of excellent quality. The movie has taken the play and turned it into a comedy that is not funny. The music has become farce. Beautiful semi-classical style music from the play has been dumbed down into cheap rock junk. The singers exaggerate emotions so much that it borders on ridiculousness. Nowhere is this more present than in the narrator's horrible exaggerated singing style. The only bright spot in this movie is Donny Osmond's singing quality. He seems to be the only actor in the movie who uses breath support while singing.