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The Greatest Showman

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Production: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Movie Details: Inspired by the ambition and imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman tells the story of a
Inspired by the ambition and imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman tells the story of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a mesmerizing spectacle that became a worldwide sensation

Genre(s): Biography Drama Romance Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Runtime: 105 min
Home Release Date: Apr 10, 2018
Countries: USA US
Language: English
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Metascore Mixed or average reviews
12 Positive Ratings 27%
22 Mixed Ratings 51%
9 Negative Ratings 20%
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Steve Persall | Dec 20, 2017
"The Greatest Showman is the feel-good (and feel good about it) movie every holiday season needs. P.T. Barnum is famous for saying there’s a sucker born every minute and he’s still right. For 105 minutes I’m a sucker for his movie, that may not be the greatest show on Earth but close enough." ... Read full review
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Calvin Wilson | Dec 20, 2017
"Highly enjoyable while you’re watching it, but it’s not particularly memorable." ... Read full review
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Stephanie Merry | Dec 20, 2017
"Don’t overthink it, in other words. All “Showman” asks of you is that you give yourself over to the holiday-cheer machine, if you can. Like the circus, it’s an experience that’s been engineered for this precise moment in time, and not one minute longer." ... Read full review
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Rex Reed | Dec 22, 2017
"After seven and a half years in the making, it’s a dumb, dull, lackluster letdown. Hugh Jackman still does everything right. It’s the film that gets it all wrong." ... Read full review
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Andrew Crump | Dec 20, 2017
"A movie that delights with spectacle as much as it repels with revisionism. Part of you will enjoy it. Another part of you will hate the part of you that enjoys it." ... Read full review
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Justin Chang | Dec 20, 2017
"The Greatest Showman, for all its celebratory razzle-dazzle, in the end feels curiously lacking in conviction. Its pleasures, namely those Pasek-Paul songs, could be removed and repurposed for another story entirely, with no discernible loss in enjoyment or meaning...Its failures are rooted in something deeper: a dispiriting lack of faith in the audience’s intelligence, and a dawning awareness of its own aesthetic hypocrisy. You’ve rarely seen a more straight-laced musical about the joys of letting your freak flag fly." ... Read full review
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John Semley | Dec 20, 2017
"It's an empty, moronic, pandering and utterly forgettable, low-rent "Moulin Rouge" that pays curious tribute to Barnum by similarly hailing its audience as slack-jawed rubes, slobbering for whatever passes as entertainment. It's godawful." ... Read full review
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User Score Generally favorable reviews
403 Positive Ratings 72%
117 Mixed Ratings 20%
38 Negative Ratings 6%
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X-Factor
Mar 21, 2019
Reaction images. The movie. Wholesome entertainment. Better than Disney's musicals like Frozen and Beauty and the Beast.
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carrie426
Dec 28, 2017
My daughter and I loved this movie. Brought back memories of the circus when I was a child. Seems like much of the biography might have beenMy daughter and I loved this movie. Brought back memories of the circus when I was a child. Seems like much of the biography might have been fiction...but much was true. Yes, it is a musical, but with a great story! I liked La La Land, but this was even better. Expand
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Pluto2027
Dec 21, 2017
Visually stunning, magnificent musical score, fun and amazing storytelling. Lovely family film your children will enjoy.
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Akanti
May 31, 2018
Extraordinary and inspiring. Usually it is hard to satisfy my taste on a music. I am very choosy, because I like to listen to songs that makesExtraordinary and inspiring. Usually it is hard to satisfy my taste on a music. I am very choosy, because I like to listen to songs that makes me keep pedaling my bicycle even tho I get tired. Movie itself is average, but songs are phenomenal. Downloaded every single of them into my phone! Expand
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StarYT
Feb 7, 2020
While not the most historically accurate retelling of P.T. Barnum (as any review will tell you), it's still a great movie that'll warm yourWhile not the most historically accurate retelling of P.T. Barnum (as any review will tell you), it's still a great movie that'll warm your heart at the times you need it to. Expand
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Kanimachine
Oct 17, 2018
It's no Moulin Rouge but The Greatest Showman is an good musical. The plot is non-existent and character development weak, but it has a greatIt's no Moulin Rouge but The Greatest Showman is an good musical. The plot is non-existent and character development weak, but it has a great score and nice overarching theme of not letting your setbacks stop you from following your dreams. In my opinion it also showcases an interesting (fake) spin on what PT Barnum did / was trying to do with his circus which may come across as trying to whitewash history - painting over the ugly parts and selling it for more than it's worth. Expand
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Loois
Jan 26, 2018
This had an amazingly talented group of performers. The most glaring problem was the god-awful music and choreography. The only performer thatThis had an amazingly talented group of performers. The most glaring problem was the god-awful music and choreography. The only performer that really got to showcase her abilities was Rebecca Ferguson and she had to sing one of those lousy songs. (How about an opera singer singing an actual aria?) Shame on Hugh Jackman, Zach Efron and all the others for condescending to sing those pathetic notes and dance that horrendous choreography. The dancing was just bumping and grinding. The local strip club does better. Really, really disappointing. Expand