Hairspray

I love Musicals, they might just be my favourite type of movie. Just to have people randomly break out into song...if only that could happen in real life and it not be so weird. And this was a good one, maybe not the best musical I've seen, but definitely still good.

I've been waiting for some time to see this movie and was glad when it finally made its way to theaters. I'll admit as good as it was, there was a few spots I was slightly disappointed. It could've been that I was expecting too much, or that I didn't really know the story. I was surprised at the singing ability of many of the cast, meaning that they surpassed my expectations. Except two, I found Michelle Pfeiffer to really lack in her singing ability and I think because of the movie grease I was expecting more from John Travolta. I give Travolta props though for his costume and character, it was a brilliant character to play.

If you haven't seen Hairspray, or have no idea what it's about, thats okay. It's 1962 america where big hair is better and so is hairspray, so much so it could probably be considered a character in itself. The story is about tracy, a young girl who loves to dance and desires to be on a dance show some what like american bandstand without the musical guests. There's a lot that goes on in this movie, a lot of issues a covered. Some of them being racial and others being weight related, and they show a lot.

I really enjoyed this movie, and recommend it to those people who live musicals, or if you wanna see John Travolta in drag.

I give it 3.5 Ice Cream Scoops out of 5
Rated PG for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking