7/10 - very fascinating look at one of the biggest flops to ever hit the Broadway stage and the legacy that continues to this day.
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Shockingly good, though it feels like it won't be. Just like the play itself.
music_man_fan15 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I have to admit, almost halfway though this, I regretted my decision to spend my valuable time to watch this. It felt like a vanity or justification project by the director, while trying to kindly right old wrongs. Then, just after the halfway mark, the payoffs start happening. And they keep on happening, to the point of some pretty brilliant film making and the reasons why it was choppy in the beginning. Art imitates life, and incredibly everything wrong about the movie, turns right. No doubt that's exactly what the director was hoping for, as it mirrors the story so well, just took a long way to get there if you don't know the full history of the musical.
So from almost turning it off, everyone in my family has now seen it, some multiple times, and it has become the most discussed movie our family has ever had. Interesting angle and life lessons, I wish I had learned growing up, in a really good documentary. The director doesn't really use Jason Alexander until the end, but he says something perfect in the old footage that makes you understand why he was the most resilient and was the one that fully made it. It also explains the real reason why he didn't go back to Broadway, which always seemed strange to many. But even that, fits into the movie perfectly.
If you like Broadway and real life story lines, wrapped into a what happened to them story line, this is almost a must see.
So from almost turning it off, everyone in my family has now seen it, some multiple times, and it has become the most discussed movie our family has ever had. Interesting angle and life lessons, I wish I had learned growing up, in a really good documentary. The director doesn't really use Jason Alexander until the end, but he says something perfect in the old footage that makes you understand why he was the most resilient and was the one that fully made it. It also explains the real reason why he didn't go back to Broadway, which always seemed strange to many. But even that, fits into the movie perfectly.
If you like Broadway and real life story lines, wrapped into a what happened to them story line, this is almost a must see.
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