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Ladies and gentlemen, kids of all ages, welcome to my latest review! It's me, DB and I'm happy to bring you my review of The Greatest Showman, starring Marvel Cinamatic Universe legend Huge Jackman! WARNING: SPOILERS! If you haven't seen this film yet and you don't want to be spoiled, then please go see the film before you continue reading this post!
Huge Jackman was fantastic as P. T. himself! This isn't his first Hollywood movie musical gig (that honor belongs to Les Miserables), but he definitely nailed it in this one! I thought his singing voice was pretty good too! Grammy nom? Idk, but we'll see! He traded in his adamantium claws for a singing voice!
Zac Efron was good in this film too, playing Barnum's partner Carlyle, a composite character who is based off of Barnum's real life partner, Bailey (hence the name of the circus). I'm happy to see Efron back in a musical. I think Efron is better in musicals then in adult comedies. The musical film is Efron's genre, I think. Did he do better in this musical then he did in Disney's High School Musical? Not much. I think he was a little better in HSM, but this role was really close!
Efron isn't the only Disney graduate to appear in this film! Zendaya, of Shake it Up fame, was in this too! I like her voice. Her acting was good, but her voice is one that teen girls and boys will eat up, if they haven't already! I think Efron and Zendaya's duet "Rewrite The Stars" will be played on every teen radio station for years to come. I think it will definitely be heard on Radio Disney too! I like that song! I thought it was well done! It was different to see Efron singing a duet with someone other then his HSM sweetheart!
Speaking of songs, the music was phenomenal! I liked "Rewrite The Stars" and "This is Me". This version of "This Is Me" is a different, more serious song! I say that because "This Is Me" was a song title that was used in the Camp Rock series. But this version was far different! I hope the song wins at the Oscars!
The actors who portrayed the circus acts (along with Zendaya) were good. The bearded woman had a great voice!
I also liked Loren Allred's (who played the singing voice for Jenny Lynn, played by Rebecca Ferguson) "Never Enough" was good!
The sets were great, the costumes were great and even Paul Sparks, who played the guy from the Herald (the New York one, not the Boston one) was a great criticizer in the film!
Overall, I give this film a 5 STAR PERFORMANCE! I think, wait, I know you all should go see this film! You will love it!
Thanks for reading!
