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OFCS Rating: 84% Fresh |
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| "For a movie musical fan like me, 'Hairspray' has it all --rousing song-and-dance routines, talented performers, a feel-good story, and timeless appeal." |
| ReelTalk Movie Reviews |
| Betty Jo Tucker |
4.5/5 | "Hairspray is the perfect example of cinematic synchronicity -- flawless casting, amazing material, brilliant production design, stellar songs and directorial magic all rolled up into one big wad of motion picture cotton candy" |
| PopMatters |
| Bill Gibron |
D+ | "Upon further inspection, not only can I stop the beat, but I would like to turn this stopping of beats into a national movement. Do yourself a favor and just revisit the original Waters film. Your senses will thank you in the morning." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Brian Orndorf |
4/5 | "Blonsky is sassy and adorable, a knock-out vocalist with great comic timing... She smiles, and we're won over." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| David Cornelius |
A- | "A fast-paced, hugely-entertaining romp that'll have you dancing all the way home." |
| EDGE Boston |
| David Foucher |
2/4 | "...there reaches a point at which such sequences start to take on repetitive and superfluous qualities..." |
| Reel Film Reviews |
| David Nusair |
C+ | "There's nothing Divine about this tame Hairspray." |
| Ozus' World Movie Reviews |
| Dennis Schwartz |
2.5/4 | "Less focused than John Waters' subversive and satirical original, but nonetheless brings a smile to your face and is destined to get your feet tapping." |
| DustinPutman.com |
| Dustin Putman |
A- | "You'll come out of the movie happier than you went in, and humming a few peppy new tunes to boot." |
| EricDSnider.com |
| Eric D. Snider |
3.5/4 | "Hairspray arrives as a big, bundle of fun, infectious to the core and accomplishes more often than not what the best musicals are prone to do." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Erik Childress |
| "On almost every level, Hairspray surpasses expectations and is probably one of the best studio musicals to come out in years." |
| DVD Review |
| Felix Gonzalez Jr. |
| "Much of the fun comes from director-choreographer Adam Shankman's happy acceptance of musical staples" |
| CinePassion |
| Fernando F. Croce |
3.5/4 | "...[a] refreshingly jubilant spin on filmmaker Waters' classic tongue-in-cheek tune-maker Hairspray...spirited pizzazz and a peppy ode to retro-artistic sentimentality" |
| TheWorldJournal.com |
| Frank Ochieng |
B+ | "A lively, ebullient crowd-pleaser that replaces satiric spark with sitcom slickness, but is still good, clean fun." |
| One Guy's Opinion |
| Frank Swietek |
4/5 | "Three cheers for this jubilant, funny, and phantasmagorical musical!" |
| Spirituality and Practice |
| Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
B+ | "A film that nearly screams its desire to please in every frame; in its very design, it demands your attention, has you tapping your toes before the opening montage is through, and frames its soft messages of tolerance so broadly that only Hitler could be" |
| Modern Fabulousity |
| Gabriel Shanks |
3/4 | "Hairspray exceeded my expectations and, while it isn't my favorite movie of the pool-and-beach season, it's enjoyable enough to earn a recommendation." |
| ReelViews |
| James Berardinelli |
6/10 | "Click here to read review" |
| vj.net.ua |
| Jaroslav Vishtaljuk |
8/10 | "Works so well as a musical that I can't remember anymore what it was like when it wasn't one." |
| Window to the Movies |
| Jeffrey Chen |
7/10 | "Near perfectly coiffed as a bit of fluffy summer escapism" |
| Screen It! |
| Jim Judy |
3.5/4 | "Perfectly coiffed adaptation of the John Waters movie-turned-musical-turned movie bubbles over with fine performances, zippy musical numbers and John Travolta's stellar work in a fat suit." |
| Big Picture Big Sound |
| Joe Lozito |
8/10 | "...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!" |
| DVDTown.com |
| John J. Puccio |
2/4 | "One's enjoyment of Adam Shankman's motion picture will largely depend on one's tolerance for conflict-less, feel good musicals." |
| Bangitout.com |
| Jordan Hiller |
3.5/4 | "Refrescante e inolvidable ejemplo de lo que debe ser un musical. Shankman revive el espíritu de los musicales de antaño, con una cinta llena de color, energía y corazón." |
| Moviola |
| Jorge Avila Andrade |
5/5 | "Hairspray is a frothy musical about the deep topics of hate due to race, weight, or background, and of course following your dream and your heart. It couldn't be more positive if it had an extra proton, and it's hilarious and beautifully done. Please, s" |
| Cinerina |
| Karina Montgomery |
4/5 | "until they make Pink Flamingos: The Musical, we won't fully realize John Waters' talents on Broadway" |
| 7M Pictures |
| Kevin Carr |
2/4 | "Mostly flat, flat, flat, but Amanda Bynes is Amanda fine!" |
| Montreal Film Journal |
| Kevin N. Laforest |
B | "Several beautifully intercut musical numbers keep the action moving and the dialogue in between is sweet, tart and subversive." |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Laura Clifford |
| "Shankman's crassly theatrical attenuation of Hairspray only draws gay culture away from a moment of American history with which it ought to have a great deal in common" |
| Reverse Shot |
| Leo Goldsmith |
2.5/4 | "It's a pallid, unthreatening version of Waters' original, but it's also breezy, light entertainment, good clean fun on the order of -- who'd have thought it? -- Disney's blockbuster High School Musical." |
| TV Guide's Movie Guide |
| Maitland McDonagh |
2/3 | "Cuando Hairspray pierde el gancho cómico y se vuelve más seria o romántica afloja el ritmo, y algunas de sus muchas canciones se hacen pesadas" |
| Off-Off-Critica |
| MalaBesta |
3/4 | "I suppose this whole movie-to-Broadway-musical fad is fine, as long as when the shows head back to the screen they are at least as lively as Hairspray." |
| Mark Reviews Movies |
| Mark Dujsik |
| "[C]ouldn't be more charming and joyous, more get-up-and-dance toe-tapping, more simply agreeable..." |
| Flick Filosopher |
| MaryAnn Johanson |
4/10 | "Even if the new Hairspray seems a welcome return to camp for Travolta, his mock seriousness is as frozen as ever." |
| Bright Lights Film Journal |
| Matthew Sorrento |
3.5/4 | "A funny thing happened: I was having so much fun watching this movie that when it was over, I felt a strange feeling of disappointment. I could have sat there all day." |
| Aisle Seat |
| Mike McGranaghan |
B+ | "Like a box of pure sunshine." |
| Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies |
| Nell Minow |
B- | "Though colorful, cheery and energetic, there's something missing from this song-and-dance routine." |
| Lessons of Darkness |
| Nick Schager |
3/5 | "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." |
| Cinema em Cena |
| Pablo Villaca |
3.5/5 | "If nothing else, Travolta is convincing as an ugly broad. More to the point, he's obviously having a good time" |
| Film Threat |
| Pete Vonder Haar |
4/5 | ""Hairspray" is still an enormously engaging movie that is as fizzy as a soda pop and just as refreshing when consumed alongside the other multiplex behemoths." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Peter Sobczynski |
4.5/5 | "A blast of fresh air, from the vivid sets and costumes to witty directorial touches, funny cameos and spectacularly enjoyable production numbers." |
| Shadows on the Wall |
| Rich Cline |
5/5 | "This Hairspray honors its source and emerges as a relentless joy machine." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Rob Gonsalves |
B+ | "The recent revival in big-screen musicals has waited for a film like this: refusing to shriek diva-like for our respect, but rather winning us over like an old friend who always throws the best parties." |
| Flipside Movie Emporium |
| Rob Vaux |
B | "Silly, wears thin, but loads of fun" |
| Laramie Movie Scope |
| Robert Roten |
4/5 | "It falls to individual efforts by the cast to keep the eye and ear coming back for more." |
| JWR |
| S. James Wegg |
4.5/5 | "the only film out this summer I have been begging everyone to see, and the one film I'm willing to see again and again." |
| Filmcritic.com |
| Sean O'Connell |
9/10 | "Bouncy and campy, a cotton-candy entertainment feast." |
| www.susangranger.com |
| Susan Granger |
6/10 | "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." |
| Antagony & Ecstasy |
| Tim Brayton |
3/4 | "Perfectly modulated to Waters' merciless mocking of surface pretension and the cult of cool" |
| Film Freak Central |
| Walter Chaw |
3.5/4 | "An amazing cast sings and dances across the screen with such flair and passion its completely infectious." |
| Oscar Guy |
| Wesley Lovell |
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OFCS Rating: 84% Fresh |
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