I like the colours? ... There, I've said something positive, so hopefully that fulfils the required impartiality quotient...

I appreciate the craft, and it's obviously been made with a lot of love... but this just Was. Not. my thing, at all... It's the ultimate stage-brat movie. I have a lot of sympathy for those types of people. I took drama classes... but they tend to become grating, after awhile - and this film grated on me, REALLY fast. Life is not light and frothy. Sometimes we have to do things we don't like. Don't ask me to coddle self-indulgence.

I knew going in that I wasn't a fan of musicals, so you may ask why I freely chose to watch this... The answer is that - as with any genre - occasionally I find an example that surprises me (Top Hat, Chicago, Moulin Rouge... )

Unfortunately, I found no such surprises, here. The best part of watching it was knowing that as soon as I finished it, I'd never have to see it, again. I've done my duty as an Oscars devotee and movie buff, but now I need the palate cleansing of Trainspotting 2, as soon as possible!