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It was a romantic comedy and a chick flick and a stupid musical.I hated the plot and the music wasn't so great.It wasn't funny at all and it was a waste of money.I'm never going to see this movie ever again.It was SO...
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It was a romantic comedy and a chick flick and a stupid musical.I hated the plot and the music wasn't so great.It wasn't funny at all and it was a waste of money.I'm never going to see this movie ever again.It was SO STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted jul 6, 2009 11:11 pm pt

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Horrible movie....

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Posted jan 27, 2009 12:21 am pt

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This movie is too happy (does that make sense?) and seemed incredibly unrealistic. John Travolta - that was just odd. Just not my kind of movie...

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Posted sep 23, 2008 3:15 am pt

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This movie is too happy (does that make sense?) and seemed incredibly unrealistic. John Travolta - that was just odd. Just not my kind of movie...

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Posted sep 23, 2008 3:15 am pt

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Hairspray is the heartwarming story of a girl looked down upon for her size, but Tracy Turnblad doesn't let that stop her dreaming of being on the Corny Collins Show. When Tracy makes it on the show, she encounters a series of intense political...
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Hairspray is the heartwarming story of a girl looked down upon for her size, but Tracy Turnblad doesn't let that stop her dreaming of being on the Corny Collins Show. When Tracy makes it on the show, she encounters a series of intense political and social roadblocks that teach her about the most important things in life. Hairspray is a beautiful film with a poignant message that will make you want to get up and dance.

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Posted apr 22, 2008 1:17 pm pt

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Honestly, I thought it was going to be all boring like High School Musical. But i underestimated it. I just loved this movie so much. I mean I've never loved Zac Effron so much. The songs were so catchy, so wow! I mean High School Musical cannot...
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Honestly, I thought it was going to be all boring like High School Musical. But i underestimated it. I just loved this movie so much. I mean I've never loved Zac Effron so much. The songs were so catchy, so wow! I mean High School Musical cannot compete with it. But, they should make the songs a little shorter

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Posted apr 3, 2008 9:42 pm pt

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Honestly, I thought it was going to be all boring like High School Musical. But i underestimated it. I just loved this movie so much. I mean I've never loved Zac Effron so much. The songs were so catchy, so wow! I mean High School Musical cannot...
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Honestly, I thought it was going to be all boring like High School Musical. But i underestimated it. I just loved this movie so much. I mean I've never loved Zac Effron so much. The songs were so catchy, so wow! I mean High School Musical cannot compete with it. But, they should make the songs a little shorter

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Posted apr 3, 2008 9:42 pm pt

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An absolutely fabulous take on a cult classic, the entire cast was brilliant and the music was very feel-good and catchy. Definitely the best time I've ever had at the movies!

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Posted feb 29, 2008 1:48 pm pt

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I never stopped smiling. This is an uplifting film with a great bite of humor. The music was great. As good as the original was, this film builds on it and makes it even better. I can't wait to see it over and over again and again.

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Posted feb 8, 2008 12:38 pm pt

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This movie is about a plump teenager on her journey to become a regular on her favorite dance show in the 60's. The movie had to be one of the best movies of 2007. It's funny, entertaining and inspiring. If you don't like musicals, don't see...
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This movie is about a plump teenager on her journey to become a regular on her favorite dance show in the 60's. The movie had to be one of the best movies of 2007. It's funny, entertaining and inspiring. If you don't like musicals, don't see this movie. The music, acting and dancing is superb. Thank you.

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Posted feb 4, 2008 7:11 am pt

• [+] New York Post
  
  100
  The best and most entertaining movie adaptation of a stage musical so far this century - and yes, I'm including the Oscar-winning "Chicago."

  by Lou Lumenick | Read Full Review »
• [+] Christian Science Monitor
  
  100
  A feel-good musical that, for a change, actually makes you feel good.

  by Peter Rainer | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  100
  In its entirety, Hairspray has the funny tilt that only a director-choreographer like Shankman can give to a movie.

  by Michael Sragow | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  100
  With its wisecracking screenplay, period-perfect pop score, and Shankman's splashy choreography, this may be the funniest, dancingest screen musical since "Singin' in the Rain."

  by Albert Williams | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  100
  A great big sloppy kiss of entertainment for audiences weary of explosions, CGI effects and sequels, sequels, sequels.

  by Jack Mathews | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
  100
  Movie magic.

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  91
  Broad and funny, its sensibility is very campy and it's out to be loved by everyone.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  91
  A fizzy and delirious high-camp message-movie musical that may just turn out to be the happiest movie of the summer.

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  91
  So good at what it does that it can exhaust you: In the later going, one big number follows on the heels of another so quickly that it feels more like an opera than a regular musical.

  by Shawn Levy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
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  The film's an irresistible time capsule of that Camelot summer, blending girrrrrl power, social consciousness and faux-'60s pop with the fizz of a soda jerk whipping up a root beer float.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
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  Just plain fun. Or maybe not so plain. There's a lot of craft and slyness lurking beneath the circa-1960s goofiness.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
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  If you look fast, you'll see Waters himself in a cameo (as a flasher; what else?), proof the new film is in touch with its dyed roots.

  by Ty Burr | Read Full Review »
• [+] Rolling Stone
  
  88
  It's hard to resist the film's exuberance.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  88
  A rocking, rollicking crowd-pleaser.

  by Carrie Rickey | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
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  What it offers isn't really a nostalgic look at a "more innocent time" so much as a saucy wink at a casually vicious time that is constantly being sold to us as innocent.

  by Carina Chocano | Read Full Review »