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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 22 Dec 2017

After seven and a half years in the making, it’s a dumb, dull, lackluster letdown. Hugh Jackman still does everything right…

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By Steve Davis (486) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 21 Dec 2017

As the bombastic musical numbers vie to outdo each other (in one scene, lovebirds Efron and Zendaya appear to be auditioning for Cirque du…

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By Miles Surrey (15) for The Ringer (285) on 21 Dec 2017

The Greatest Showman is not the greatest show; my sweat was not soaking through the floor…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 21 Dec 2017

Jackman takes the title The Greatest Showman to heart, and it's his drive that turns this romanticized biography into a great show…

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By Manuela Lazic (44) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 21 Dec 2017

Ridiculously rapturous, idealistic and romantic. A film to be enjoyed and listened to ad nauseam…

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By Sarah Ward (538) for Concrete Playground (635) on 21 Dec 2017

Prefers easy sentiment over anything more than the most obvious of themes and the simplest, flimsiest of narratives…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denerstein Unleashed (254) on 21 Dec 2017

It's gaudy, overproduced and, for the most part, more committed to spectacle and shine than anything of lasting worth…

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By Michael Arbeiter (93) for Nerdist (550) on 21 Dec 2017

Thus, we're left with a film that claims greatness, but has nothing great to show for itself…

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By Hugh Armitage (21) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 21 Dec 2017

Just as we imagine that visitors to Barnum's circus 150-odd years ago knew exactly what they were getting, this is a film with few surprises…

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By Philip De Semlyen (78) for Time Out (7,510) on 21 Dec 2017

An old-fashioned musical with a none-more-zeitgeisty songsheet, it may not be a flawless piece of storytelling, but it's a pretty decent show…

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By Alan Jones (357) for Radio Times (2,421) on 21 Dec 2017

A joyously uplifting potpourii of visual resplendence, stylish choreography and solid gold magic, one engineered to approximate the lavish…

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By Helen O'hara (407) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 21 Dec 2017

It may not be quite the greatest show on Earth, but Gracey, Jackman and the entire cast are deeply committed to entertaining and leave you…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Film Racket (579) on 21 Dec 2017

The Greatest Showman highlights that Hollywood has no idea how to handle the musical genre…

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By Paul Byrnes (441) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 21 Dec 2017

On its own terms, it's an achievement. If I was 13, this might please my eyes and ears…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 21 Dec 2017

[The] many musical interludes all felt far too modern, more akin to American Idol than to the Greatest Show on Earth…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 21 Dec 2017

Hugh Jackman's passion project embodies the infamous master of hype and the man who put the show in show business…

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By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 Dec 2017

Screenwriters Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon whitewash history at every turn, making Barnum a warm, paternal figure beloved by his sideshow performers,…

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By Martha K. Baker (133) for KDHX (St. Louis) (284) on 21 Dec 2017

Michael Gracy's direction of Jenny Bicks' and Bill Condon's script is spectacular, warm, and grand…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 21 Dec 2017

The Greatest Showman is a weapons-grade musical of the old school, loaded to its high-spirited hilt with forced smiles and willful warbling…

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By Glenn Sumi (92) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 21 Dec 2017

The film is still entertaining…

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