The Greatest Showman (2015)

Rated PG for thematic elements including a brawl

 

Runtime: 1 hour and 46 minutes

 

Genre: Musical

 

Director: Martin Gracey

Writer: Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon

 

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya

 

Budget: $84,000,000

 

Box Office: $472,139,240

 

Positives:

• There is charm and enthusiasm

• Clean vocals and lyrics

• Brilliant visuals and CGI movements

• Intriguing choreography the underexposure and exposure

• Impressive stage effects and color grading

• Good costumes and makeup

• Great sound design

• Huge locations with these establishing shots

• Likeable circus characters and the main characters too

Negatives:

• Weird mixing balancing

• Very rushed, since it is an hour and a half

• A few plot points that can get disjointed, plus subplots wise

• Unneeded gaslightling and abuse moments

• Some shots that are not needed in the musical numbers

• Please tell the mom character to not let children run out of the house

• Why would violence be the answer to everything?

Overall Verdict:

Story/Genre 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (8.5)

Character/Acting 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (9)

Dialogue/Diction 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (9)

Musical Numbers 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (9.5)

Visual Effects 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (10)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Background 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Camera 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Color Correction 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Sound Design 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Editing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Mixing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3.5)

73.5/85 8.6/10