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09/07/07
Hairspray (2007)
91 %
Reviews Counted: 198 Fresh: 181 Rotten:17 Average Rating: 7.8/10
Consensus:
Hairspray is an energetic, wholly entertaining musical romp; a fun Summer movie with plenty of heart. Its contagious songs will make you want to get up and start dancing.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Theatrical Release: Jul 20, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $118,823,091
Synopsis: Originally written and directed by filmmaker John Waters in 1988, and then put on Broadway, the camp musical HAIRSPRAY could easily have run its course with viewers. But thanks to playful direction, flashy costumes, over-the-top performances, and a positive message of peace, this newest... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes
Director: Adam Shankman
Screenwriter: Leslie Dixon, Mark O'Donnell
Producer: Neil Meron, Craig Zadan
Composer: Marc Shaiman
Screenwriter: Leslie Dixon, Mark O'Donnell
Producer: Neil Meron, Craig Zadan
Composer: Marc Shaiman
Reviews
Top Critic
Thinking big is exactly what this extravaganza of a musical does to perfection, as it brings the Broadway musical hit to the screen with aerosol cans filled with energy, joy and star power
09/06/07
Top Critic
I will confess that Travolta totally turned me around. A mountain of a woman in his female fat suit, he commits 150% to the role.
08/23/08
The most refreshing and enjoyable musical of this century%u2014Hairspray.
07/22/08
Even if the new Hairspray seems a welcome return to camp for Travolta, his mock seriousness is as frozen as ever.
07/10/08
The film works best for me when they are making fun of the racial climate of the 1960s.
03/03/08
An amazing cast sings and dances across the screen with such flair and passion its completely infectious.
02/02/08
Caso tivesse 20 minutos e alguns números musicais a menos, Hairspray poderia ser uma surpresa tão divertida quanto o original (que tampouco é um clássico). Inchado como ficou, porém, é apenas um passatempo pouco memorável.
01/16/08
Like your high school's production of "Grease": A musical about sex with a chastity belt strapped to its waist.
12/11/07
One's enjoyment of Adam Shankman's motion picture will largely depend on one's tolerance for conflict-less, feel good musicals.
12/06/07
Some magical balance between the cast members, the set design, the songs and director Adam Shankman makes it work.
12/06/07
Though colorful, cheery and energetic, there's something missing from this song-and-dance routine.
11/30/07
Travolta as bosomy mom Edna in perky fat suit, with flab-infatuated spouse Walken never far behind, pretty much steals the show from everybody else as he impressively shakes his bountiful booty across the dance floor.
11/26/07
On almost every level, Hairspray surpasses expectations and is probably one of the best studio musicals to come out in years.
11/19/07
...how can you not like a movie in which John Travolta and Christopher Walken sing a love song to each other? And you believe it!
11/07/07
The main point of a movie musical is the song and dance, and that's where the relentlessly happy "Hairspray" packs a knockout punch.
10/22/07
Unlike many of the hairdos on display in the film, "Hairspray" is anything but stiff.
09/13/07
One of those stage-to-film adaptations that leave very little doubt that as good as everything is in the film, it was consistently better on stage.
09/12/07
...[a] refreshingly jubilant spin on filmmaker Waters' classic tongue-in-cheek tune-maker Hairspray...spirited pizzazz and a peppy ode to retro-artistic sentimentality
08/31/07
The young and old cast division creates a colourful world of people and ideals. It's an abstraction of an era made resonant, contemporary, and purely joyful.
08/29/07
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