I am seriously baffled. There is NO story to this. I went to the cinema with great expectations and left after forcing myself to stay far longer than I would had it not had Oscar nominations. It is dire. I really wanted it to be good. I like musicals, I like both actors...it was going to be a perfect storm. But I waited and waited and waited for the story to begin, or even any semblance of a story but to no avail. Truly the most boring, achingly dreadful film I've had the displeasure of watching. Of the fully packed cinema I counted 19 people before me leave and I left ¾ of the way through, so it wasn't just me. Oscars now hold no meaning for me. If this rubbish had so many thrown at it, those who decide must be a bunch of faux elitist 'arty types' trying to pick the worst film in order to pretend they can see deeper meaning behind it or they chose it for a joke, to see if the general public can be hoodwinked into loving a film simply because of its Oscars status. Utter. Rubbish.