Where to start? Sure, the songs are catchy, and the acting is great with a stellar cast. Doesn't negate the fact that Barnum was a conman who didn't really care about the people in his charge except to exploit them, not just in life, but in death as well.

One of his most egregious acts was when he bought an enslaved woman and pretended that she was once owned by George Washington. When she died, rather than let her go in peace, Barnum hosted her autopsy in a New York saloon where spectators paid 50 cents to see the dead woman cut up. Didn't see that in the movie!

Hugh Jackman tries to portray Barnum as a kindly smooth-talking Harold Hill-type when he was really just a cynical grifter. "Rewrite the Stars," indeed.

This movie is just an empty cloying confection of nothing to go with your popcorn.