Is Hairspray the movie worth seeing?

Yes. It serves the show justice and the cast is phenomenal! If you loved the show, you'll love the movie!

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Cool! So far, so good.

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It was my favorite movie to come out this year...loved it.

It's definintly worth seeing. It's very well done, but don't go in expecting to love it like the broadway show. I think you'll be disappointed.

I say go see it. John Travolta's take on Edna is A LOT different then any other Edna, and sometimes seem a bit out of place, but there are some amazing preformances in this movie. Oh, and it's just a ton of fun to watch.

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Don't be mad, but I thought the film was all wrong. They totally missed the camp element. There's a reason a man plays a woman, and a black womansings about being blonde, and I don't think the production staff understands the dramatic theory behind these things. Everyone was acting in a different style, and Allison Janney was the only one who got it right. I blame the director. They should have waited for Jack and Jerry.

100% absolutely!!

it's fantastic! Pretty much wonderful performances all around, imo, and I actually MUCH prefer the movie soundtrack to the OBCR! (I think that's because I like Nikki Blonsky's voice a WHOLE lot better than Marissa Jaret Winokur's- no offense to Marissa. But really I'm partial to almost ALL the voices on the movie soundtrack over the OBCR). It just has a ton of heart. Definitely the most fun I've ever had in a movie theater :)

one thing that IS definitely true though: whereas in the stage production, everything is totally camped up, the performances in the movie are all played very straight. I personally liked that element a lot, but if you're someone who really preferes shows like this to be mega campy, you'll probably be a little bit disappointed and think they took the whole thing too seriously.

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Updated On: 8/28/07 at 11:27 AM