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The Greatest Showman

2017 Directed by Michael Gracey

The Impossible Comes True

The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Hugh Jackman Michelle Williams Zac Efron Zendaya Rebecca Ferguson Keala Settle Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Paul Sparks Sam Humphrey Austyn Johnson Cameron Seely Eric Anderson Ellis Rubin Skylar Dunn Fredric Lehne Kathryn Meisle Daniel Everidge Radu Spinghel Yusaku Komori Danial Son Will Swenson Linda Marie Larson Byron Jennings Betsy Aidem Damian Young Tina Benko Gayle Rankin Arnie Burton Natasha Liu Bordizzo Show All…

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Popular reviews

Review by Lucy ★ 18

a movie about a circus and the strangest concept was michelle williams smiling and being happy the entire time
Review by brat pitt ★½ 10

the scene in the beginning where young hugh jackman gets away with stealing bread proves that this is an alternate timeline where jean valjean starts a circus instead of going to prison for 19 years, finding god, and becoming the mayor of a little french town
Review by David Sims ★★★ 10

The worst movie I ever liked
Review by gaby ★★★ 8

me: uh yeah so the film has a pretty weak script and uses extravagant musical numbers to cover up that the plot is pretty incoherent and also there’s at least 16 technical issues which is 16 too many for my pretentious ass

also me: LOOK OUT 👀👀 CAUSE HERE I COME 😩✨ AND I’M MARCHING 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️ TO THE BEAT I DRUM 😜🥁 I’M NOT SCARED 😎😤🚫 TO BE SEEN 😱👁 I MAKE NO APOLOGIES 😘👊🏼 THIS IS ME 😂💯
Review by davidehrlich ★★★ 4

Ignore the vintage 20th Century Fox logo that appears on screen at the start of the film, “The Greatest Showman” is nothing if not a uniquely 21st century spectacle, a gaudy sonic boom of musical cinema that tries to sell you on the magic of the movies like it’s Black Friday at a store that’s going out of business. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a joyfully insane experience that’s as subtle as a circus and twice as loud. Forget the multiplexes; this is a movie that feels like it was made to be screened on a Jumbotron in the middle of Times Square as a shimmering advertisement for its own existence.

Shamelessly familiar and profoundly alien in equal measure, “The…
Review by adrianbalboa ★★★ 15

the time is NOW that we stop with this heinous disrespect of zac efron. he appeals to all demographics! this thot has done 4 1/2 movie musicals, he singlehandedly dominated the comedy genre when he snot rocketed in mike & dave need wedding dates, he’s playing ted bundy soon (for the freaks), and he solved racism through song not once but twice! in both hairspray and this movie! he was also part of the “i am your mother!” snl sketch that is rumored to have inspired hereditary (2018). this man is an american treasure!

Recent reviews

Review by lina ★★½

this is just les miserables but worse
Review by Mariana Mendonça ★★★★★

Amazing !
Review by epdl ★★★

am i the only one left with a very bad aftertaste bc they didnt even Name not even half of the "runaways" that are "now running the show"
Review by Kieran ★ 2

Nope
Review by Luis

Just logging this again to say I’ve had the soundtrack on repeat for the past two days.

I love fast food!!!
Review by Theonlyadam ★

This film is for the mentally subnormal
Review by Eranda Chathuranga ★★★★

You should know better Hugh Jackman. If you have Michelle Williams alongside you, You cherish her. You protect her. You don't kiss another girl.
Review by Vero ★★★★

Songs are amazing and catchy, production and costume design are beautiful and flawless. The story is a bit off and P.T. is portrayed as a dreamy and probably nicer person than he ever was. I totally blame it on Hugh’s charisma, it’s hard to not like him.
Review by mayanyanaise ★

musicals dewserve no rights PERIODT