Review of The Greatest Showman (2017) by Tim Grierson for Screen International — 20 Dec 2017
This strained musical is content to play to the cheap seats. Earnest in the extreme and armed with lethal amounts of razzle-dazzle, the feature debut of commercial director Michael Gracey is an all-out assault of sentiment, pop songs and dime-store psychology that’s somewhat held together by Hugh Jackman’s likably shameless portrayal of this striving charmer.
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This review of The Greatest Showman (2017) was written by Tim Grierson and published by Screen International on 20 Dec 2017.
The Greatest Showman has generally received positive reviews.
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