'Manages to hit most of the right notes.'
"Maybe the film has just enough bright shiny objects and tightly synchronized dancing-child chorus lines to stop anyone from caring about all that problematic whatnot. In any case, it mostly works," they add.said that"Emma Thompson and Tim Minchin make a very tasty combination in this DayGlo movie musical for the London film festival’s opening gala – amusing, exhilarating and the tiniest bit exhausting".is a tangy bit of entertainment, served up with gusto.
"The movie is a bracing illustration of the difficult gap that exists between a raucous Olivier award-winning musical and a two-hour film version that more easily exposes narrative incoherence, tonal inconsistencies and incomplete characterisations," it added.the film is"only a couple of tweaks away from being the year's most disturbing gothic horror movie".
"Nervous youngsters should probably stick to the book or to Danny DeVito's 1996 film of it. For that matter, so should nervous adults," they added.Best Entertainment and Tech Deals
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