I am a huge fan of La La Land and when I heard the team from that film had been working on another musical for the big screen about P.T. Barnum I was so excited. When I saw the video on YouTube of the final pitch to the producers at the studio with Keala Settle singing "This is Me," the Oscar nominated song from the film I was brought to tears and was so moved and couldn't wait for this film to come out.
Director, Michael Gracey brought to the screen an epic but still very intimate tale of love, loss, and redemption. A film that blew me away from beginning to end! Yes, this is historical fiction, it is not historically accurate in any way, but who cares! The creators of this film brought to the screen, using the story of P.T. Barnum as a backdrop, a story about loving regardless of appearance, ethnicity, social standing, gender, etc. A story of sticking of to your dreams, pursuing them, working hard towards them, and finding one self before you can truly love someone else. The entire ensemble headed by the wonderful, Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum along side the beautiful Michelle Williams as his wife Charity Barnum, did just that.
Please see this film! Your life will be changed forever! There is so much hope and life affirmation in this film, which is sorely needed in these hard times! Kudos the entire creative and performance teams for bringing to the screen an homage to the great movie musicals of the past while bringing that genre to the 21st century and making it relevant to our times and to our struggles and dreams. Absolutely beautiful film!
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