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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 26 Dec 2017

The director, Michael Gracey, delivers quick doses of excitement in splashy scenes but has little feel for the choreographic action, offers…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 26 Dec 2017

The film does have one thing to give it pizzazz, and that's visual zest…

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By Robert Kojder (605) for Flickering Myth (680) on 24 Dec 2017

The Greatest Showman could have been a rousing and poignant work important to disrespected abnormal citizens, but instead, it's just rousing…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 24 Dec 2017

Those hungry for a big, old-school musical spectacle with a thin story and plenty of numbers will get more than their fill with the flash-and-dazzle…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for New England Movies Weekly (716) on 24 Dec 2017

viewers may find themselves dreading the next musical number, with an array of undistinguished songs that Jackman and company try to sell…

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By Staci Layne Wilson (667) for Opeeqo (22) on 23 Dec 2017

First and foremost, The Greatest Showman is a musical reverie - an ode to dreams - not a biopic…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Deadline Hollywood Daily (332) on 22 Dec 2017

Hugh Jackman fronts a lively family musical as PT Barnum, a role he was born to play…

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By Jackie K. Cooper (1,018) for Huffington Post (170) on 22 Dec 2017

Great acting, great music, good plot. Unlike La La Land this movie hits all the right notes…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 22 Dec 2017

wonderful music and good dancing; and I came out of it feeling good, even though it's Hollywood Hokum and I had learned very little about…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 22 Dec 2017

Historians now agree that Barnum wasn't the one who said There's a sucker born every minute, but it's hard to escape the feeling that you're…

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By Sean O'connell (919) for CinemaBlend (829) on 22 Dec 2017

The Greatest Showman is better off when it's bombastically belting out memorable tunes and begging the audience to bop along in their seats…

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By Jo Berry (104) for Movies4Kids (46) on 22 Dec 2017

A law needs to be passed that Hugh Jackman has to make at least one musical movie every year just to make the world a little bit more joyful…

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By Angie Errigo (463) for The List (2,018) on 22 Dec 2017

Jackman has the charisma, charm and cheek that Barnum must have possessed in some measure…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 22 Dec 2017

I'll admit I wasn't expecting much from this film, but I was blown away from beginning to end…

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By Matthew Norman (64) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 22 Dec 2017

For all its cheeriness, brio and strong cast, this is a phoney baloney film with heartstring-tweaking, soul-stirring ambitions it is, by a…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 22 Dec 2017

I sat down to The Greatest Showman with high hopes and left disappointed…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 22 Dec 2017

It is a little clunky and cheesy but when it works, it really does bring a song to your heart and a tear to your eye…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 22 Dec 2017

In addition to sanitizing the less-appetizing aspects of Barnum's legacy, The Greatest Showman relies too heavily on razzle dazzle to mask…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Time (1,811) on 22 Dec 2017

But for sheer, go-for-broke nuttiness, The Greatest Showman stands alone in the landscape of this holiday season’s crop of movies, and I…

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By Matthew Rozsa (40) for Salon.com (2,725) on 22 Dec 2017

This isn't the story of Barnum's life, but a formulaic rags-to-riches story grafted onto the broad outlines of Barnum's career as a circus…

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