Review of The Greatest Showman (2017) by A2Qua — 28 Dec 2017

I've given this movie a 10 because I just couldn't fault it. It does exactly what it sets out to do - to put on a glorious show in circus style, exciting, musical, theatrical, maybe a little dangerous, a big-top containing a little world apart from the reality of day to day life. You know as you are watching that it's all done with mirrors; that any connection with the history is tenuous, that there is a real story somewhere outside that is much less bright and shiny; you know its all fake. But, who cares? - its the circus and it's fun. You will walk out humming and wanting to dance.

I also thought the film was cleverer than it first appears - asking some genuine questions about what is real and what is not when it comes to entertainment. Critics have got it wrong.

Enjoy.