Quote Originally Posted by Zundfolge View Post
I keep hearing how good The Greatest Showman is ... but it just looks so ... well ... gay. Do you have to enjoy musical theater to enjoy it or is there more to it? My wife kinda wants to see it (which is fine, I always reap "benefits" after a Hugh Jackman movie).
And the benefits afterward should be enough incentive right?

"No, we're not homosexual, but we are willing to learn. Winger: Yeah . . . Would they send us someplace special?" Thanks Bill Murray.

I had never seen Zac Efron before, but I believe he is the eye candy in this movie and not Mr. Jackman. This may be the first Jackman movie I've seen where he doesn't take his shirt off. You may want to warn your wife just to keep her from being disappointed.

I enjoyed the music, the story, and it didn't bother me one bit that there was only a cursory notion of factual information related to PT Barnum's life. Barnum would probably have enjoyed the idea that people were entertained with a fictional account of his life. This movie was sort of American Bollywood without subtitles, with US pop music, and didn't last three hours. It has been a long time since watching a movie actually made me happy.