Quickie: Hairspray
Hairspray (2007)–***1/2
Quickie Review
Pleasantly plump teen Tracy Turnblad dances her way onto the Corny Collins Show and aids social change in 1960s Baltimore. A rousing and rebellious musical treat, this film adaptation of a Broadway production, in turn based on a 1988 John Waters’s film, captures the essence of the Hollywood musical for the first time since 2001’s Moulin Rouge. No performer is a disappointment, while director/choreographer Adam Shankman makes his best film to date. The musical does lose some of the John Waters spirit in the second half, but the film is always fun and inspiring. Starring Nikki Blonsky, Christopher Walken, Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley and John Travolta as Edna Turnblad.
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