This is the type of music film I should be all over loving it, and wanting to watch it again and again. I enjoy many of the old school Hollywood music movies, and many of the newer ones as well. This film did nothing for me except make me check my watch.... over and over... in movie time, it felt like four hours to me. Songs felt shoe horned in, and unimportant and even forgettable. As an musician, and artistic dreamer that has touched fame myself, I should have connected with their dreams and goals and failures. I didn't. Again, just felt like it was cookie-cuttered together.

I don't HATE this film at all, in fact, it is well made. The leads did great with their dance numbers, even if Ryan looked a little robotic by the numbers and the singing was too "auto tuned". Still, I've seen better, much better, and will not be watching this again. Just my opinion.

Having recently watched 4 movies from the 50's/60's era, this felt like a pale imitation that WANTED to pay respects to those style films, but acted like cheap knock offs instead. Shocked it got all this praise, and that others don't see right trough it like I did.