2.5/5
Well...I liked it more than the musical? I guess? It cut through the silly segue's to songs and just left...silliness. First of all, Tom Cruise as this irresistible sex symbol? That's...stretching it. Even if he was this gorgeous jewel of a man, his character has to seduce the audience with his voice. Well, he chose to sing with his own voice rather than have someone else dub it over. A noble choice, I'd say, but one that doesn't work. His voice sounded untrained, too simple, not seductive or rock hard at all. The rest of the cast really wasn't that much better. Only one or two voices were really that good. Plot threads felt forced, unnecessary to say the least. The music was too tacky, and that's saying something for an adaptation of Broadway. I guess diehard fans might really get into this, but anyone going into this to experience the music of that time period I expect will be pretty disappointed, hearing their favorite songs really weighed down by a silly story, pointless characters, and obnoxious singing. Also, glaring stupid mistakes. At one point, our leading character comes on stage with a guitar. He screams into the microphone, all the while this guitar on his back. Then he hands off the guitar, mid song, to a stagehand. So he brought the guitar on stage for no reason. What was that about? Moments like those will get to you. If you're crazy into 80s culture, or are turned on by Tom Cruise wearing fur, have fun.
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