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#51

re: 'Hairspray' Currently At 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Posted: 7/20/07 at 1:11am

nobody of the slightest importance crapped on this film. The three who did are nobodies who are desperately trying to stand out in a crowd. Sad.

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#52

re: 'Hairspray' Currently At 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Posted: 7/20/07 at 1:19am

Ebert's review just got posted. He loved it. Three and 1/2 stars.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070719/REVIEWS/70702001

"Word of advice: Be who you are, wear what you want---just learn how to run real fast." Marc, UGLY BETTY

#53

re: 'Hairspray' Currently At 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Posted: 7/20/07 at 1:57am

Does anyone else prefer Metacritic over Rotten tomatoes?

Rotten Tomatoes is so black/white and Metacritic tries to gauge the films by how much or how little the reviewers liked the film rather than whether or not they liked it.

http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/hairspray2007

"[Gore] was widely perceived as arrogant. If you know something, you're not smart. You're a smarty-pants. It's annoying. People get annoyed with your knowledge. It goes back to high school, to not doing your homework ... 'There's something I should know, I don't know why I should know it but someone knows it and I don't. So I'm going to have to make fun of him now.'" -Sarah Vowell, The Partly-Cloudy Patriot

#54

re: 'Hairspray' Currently At 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Posted: 7/20/07 at 11:49am

It now has 94 reviews (about half of the reviews are in) and only six are rotten. Now has a 94% rating. That'll probably be where the rating will remain after all the reviews are in. 94% is really good.

#55

re: 'Hairspray' Currently At 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Posted: 7/20/07 at 11:56am

On my blog, I did a very un-scientific survey on this. HAIRSPRAY got the highest freshness of any of the crop of recent musicals. That bodes well.
Broadway Blog: Film Musicals (The $50 Million Answer)

#56

re: 'Hairspray' Currently At 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Posted: 7/20/07 at 1:26pm

The latest review, the one that brought it back down to 94%, doesn't even like Nikki Blonsky.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_Film_of_the_week/0,,2130175,00.html

Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!

#57

re: 'Hairspray' Currently At 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Posted: 7/20/07 at 9:24pm

Currently has 135 reviews total, only 7 rotten - 95% total rating.

For comparison, another comedy opening the same day.

"I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" - 94 reviews total, a whopping 82 are rotten - 14% total rating.

#58

re: 'Hairspray' Currently At 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Posted: 7/20/07 at 9:39pm

i saw the movie today and....

i wished that penny was more quirky like she was meant to be...

i wished that john travolta just played it up and didn't try to BE a woman, that wasn't the point

it was GOOD...but i don't know i just really liked the stage version more. personally

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