An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect but since there was a solid cast involved and since it was available on Netlfix, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, I have to admit that I’m not a really huge fan of such loud and slightly hysterical musicals (‘Hamilton’ was quite amazing though) and, to be honest, I really struggled to care about the damned thing. In fact, maybe it did work better with the Broadway musical but I don’t think it was really a good story after all. Indeed, it finally started to grab me only towards the end when Emma released her song on YouTube. Basically, did this story actually really needed the 4 Broadway ‘stars’? It seems actually rather doubtful, especially since two of them were barely developed whatsoever (Angie Dickinson played by Nicole Kidman and Trent Oliver played by someone I had never seen before). Concerning James Corden, there was a huge backlash regarding his performance but the problem with him was not that he is not gay (in this case, gay men shouldn’t be allowed to play straight characters which would be ridiculous) but the issue was regarding the fact that it was so obviously the performance of a straight man trying to pretend to be gay reproducing the worst clichés in the process. To make things worse, it was also a really tricky part going beyond the character sexual orientation. Indeed, he had to be over-the-top, borderline obnoxious and, yet, he still had to be charismatic and entertaining enough to make sure that the audience would be rooting for this man. Well, it was probably asking too much from Corden who was trying to achieve something seriously way beyond his acting skills. The fact that he was acting next to Meryl Streep, probably the best actress alive, who, as usual, really nailed it, made Corden look even more inadequate. Anyway, to conclude, even though I didn’t care much for the damned thing, it was still a decent watch though and I guess it is still worth a look, at least, if you really like the genre.