The music of the night has hit something of a sour note: Critics are calling the screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular musical histrionic, boring, and lacking in both romance and danger. Still, some have praised the film for its sheer spectacle.
Deserves to be locked up in a dank, water-filled dungeon and left to molder.
Read full articleMy own reaction to the current version fashioned by Mr. Schumacher is one of pure stupefaction.
Read full articleThe plot is impressively free of anything that does not smell of unpasteurized melodrama.
Takes everything that's wrong with Broadway and puts it on the big screen in a gaudy splat.
It's all bloat and bombast, but Schumacher's too-faithful adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic stage musical is still inherently watchable.
Read full articleHighly watchable despite the bloated runtime and surprising lack of character development. Driver is a gem as a diva and Rossum makes a strong impression, but Butler's "sexy" Phantom sinks the whole enterprise. Plus: he can't sing!
Read full articleAs I was sitting in the auditorium alone watching this film, I kept looking around hoping there was a chandelier above me getting ready to plummet to the ground.
Read full articleRossum is a stunning beauty and very effective, but the movie's biggest problem is Butler. He comes off rather dull in a role that requires someone a lot more dynamic.
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