Review of The Greatest Showman (2017) by C R — 05 Apr 2018

Fun and obviously the songs are a people pleaser. Can't say it's great though. The songs match the fast tempo of the film but the songs are far from appropriate for the era. More like top 40 in 2018, oh, wait.

The film depicts P.T as a decent human being - why they didn't just make up a name instead of misleading an audience is beyond me. They keep too much of his life involved in the film and not enough of the dark facts that surround him.

Finally, it's very rushed, "This is me" is the favourite song, it happens and then is just totally forgotten. Just like the dark history is completely forgotten. Could have been a great film had they made a name up and loosely based on P.

T.