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Review of by Mick Lasalle for San Francisco Chronicle — 20 Dec 2017

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There’s idiotic, and there’s magnificent, but The Greatest Showman is that special thing that happens sometimes. It’s magnificently idiotic. It’s an awful mess, but it’s flashy. The temptation is to cover your face and watch it through your fingers, because it’s so earnest and embarrassing and misguided — and yet it’s well-made.

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This review of The Greatest Showman (2017) was written by and published by San Francisco Chronicle on 20 Dec 2017.

The Greatest Showman has generally received positive reviews.

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