If it keeps this up, "Hairspray" will be the best reviewed movie of the entire year. Has there ever been a best picture nomination for a summer comedy before?
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Okay Marc, fess up. How much did you pay to have that ONE bad review deleted from RT? Seriously, there was ONE bad one a while ago. What happened to it?
"Hey Joey McIntyre, is there a balcony in Madison Square Garden? Joey knows his venues a little better than me. That's okay...I have a bigger part on broadway...:)" -Idina Menzel
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
Thesbij, true, but not all films are reviewed by 190 different people. HARRY POTTER is quite a different story.
And the film opens in 3 days...all movies are typically higher on Rotten Tomatoes before they open, but with 3 days to go? Surely the score will go down, but this is a great sign. When there are this many good reviews this early, it generally means that the rest will follow suit.
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It was the New York Magazine review that was originally listed as "rotten" (which I didn't understand upon reading it because it seemed to me to be a more-or-less positive review). Someone at RT.com clearly had a change of heart because the rating was changed to "fresh" the next day.
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"It was the New York Magazine review that was originally listed as "rotten" (which I didn't understand upon reading it because it seemed to me to be a more-or-less positive review). Someone at RT.com clearly had a change of heart because the rating was changed to "fresh" the next day."
Thanks for that - I saw the meter at 94% this morning because of that review, and then I was a little baffled when I saw this thread.
Though it will be reviewed by many more then 20 outlets, just to have the first 20 reviews positive is a great start and a good sign that it likely will end up with well over a 90% rating by the time all the reviews are in.
Chicago 205 reviews 87% positive Dreamgirls 192 reviews 78% positive
If Hairspray can manage to stay in the 90% or above range, it'll make it the best reviewed movie musical out of the biggest in the last few years, which IMO, should get it a nomination for Best Picture at the Oscars. No one expected Oscar nominations for this movie, but it really was so good. This surprising many.
While I LOVED the movie, I don't see it as being the type of film the Academy would honor with a Best Picture nomination. It's a little too light and fluffy, and they tend to nominate more "prestigious" pictures (not always, but usually). Don't get me wrong, HAIRSPRAY is the most fun I've had at the movies all summer, but I will be extremely surprised if it gets any major Oscar nominations, despite the overwhelmingly positive reviews. I could see it getting nods for Best Song, Costume Design, and Art Direction.
"Word of advice: Be who you are, wear what you want---just learn how to run real fast." Marc, UGLY BETTY
100% to start is awesome.....however, did anyone see the very last review of the page?Its down on the left.....it has neither a "splat" or "fresh" tomato beside it and it reads like a negative review to me. Seems like there may be a glitch. But still 97% is awesome too.
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The reviews are very good - whats interesting is - the few reviews I have read - nobody seems to like John Travolta very much.
AP : With Travolta, though, there's no sense of fun. He plays it straight, for lack of a better word, and with a touch of pathos. The joke is completely lost, and you never lose sight of the fact that you're watching the star of "Grease" and "Saturday Night Fever," this time brandishing his trademark dance moves while wearing a fat suit.
NY Magazine : It was Divine, as Tracy’s overprotective mother, Edna, who lifted Hairspray into camp heaven—and Divine and her splendid trashy baggage who’s most painfully missed. On Broadway, the lovable Harvey Fierstein was at least a resourceful queen. For most of the film, John Travolta is a glaring mistake.
New Yorker : I admire John Travolta, but using this movie star, rather than the show’s Harvey Fierstein, as Edna Turnblad, Tracy’s hefty mother, is an idiocy on the same level as replacing Julie Andrews with Audrey Hepburn for the movie version of “My Fair Lady.”
Variety : Sporting a vaguely Western drawl, Travolta doesn't offer much beyond the inherent wink-wink humor of seeing a famous male actor in latex-assisted fatsuit drag.
The thing about the reviews with John Travolta, is that would rather him play Edna with a wink or a man in a dress like Divine and Harvey did, but John is playing Edna like she is a real woman.
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Unfortunately, even if it continues with mostly raves, it's very unlikely that it would get a Best Picture nomination. Hairspray is generally perceived as being "fun," "breezy" and "light."
When was the last time a "fun," "breezy" and "light" movie got a Best Picture nomination? Musical or otherwise?
I'm not saying I agree with that. As the old saying goes, "Dying is easy, COMEDY is hard."
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I saw the Ebert and Roeper review and while they both LOVED it, right at the end the guest critic of Entertainment Weekly said that Nikki Blonsky looks to be a breakout star similiar to Jennifer Hudson, except she won't win any awards. While I haven't seen the movie yet, I agree that I don't forsee it being nominated for any Academy Awards. Fingers crossed for a Golden Globe though!
"Hey Joey McIntyre, is there a balcony in Madison Square Garden? Joey knows his venues a little better than me. That's okay...I have a bigger part on broadway...:)" -Idina Menzel
