The Greatest Showman soundtrack reached number one in the U.K., Japan, U.S., Australia, and other billboard charts. It also sold over 5.3 million copies worldwide, and even inspired additional ...

Although The Greatest Showman is somewhat based on a true story and the real-life P.T. Barnum, it does gloss over the actual showman’s racism toward his staff. Phillip Carlyle and the pink ...

There is also the problematic subtext in the story told through two of the fictional characters in “The Greatest Showman” — Zac Efron’s playwright-turned-business partner Phillip Carlyle ...

Richard Brody reviews “The Greatest Showman,” about the life of P. T. Barnum, directed by Michael Gracey and starring Hugh Jackman.

I have a visceral reaction when someone brings up The Greatest Showman. The 2017 movie musical starring Hugh Jackman, Zendaya and Zac Efron is almost universally loved, but in me it fires up a ...

The Greatest Showman, directed by Michael Gracey and written by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon, brings the magic of the old circus back to life. The oddities of life, the dazzling spectacles of a ...

The Greatest Showman is built around Barnum’s origin story (it’s Barnum Begins, if you will), with each chapter rushed to the point of self-satire.Naked hagiography galls enough, but the pace ...

The Greatest Show kicks off in the film in Moulin Rouge-y, foot-stomping fashion, but the rousing overture gives way to A Million Dreams, a too-quick musical exposition dump regarding P.T.'s and ...

The Greatest Showman opens with an intricate, ... Phillip Carlyle, is made up (the Bailey of Barnum & Bailey never shows), and Jackman looks nothing like the actual P.T. Barnum.

Hugh Jackman plays P.T. Barnum in 'The Greatest Showman,' a family musical inspired by the life of the legendary 19th-century ringmaster, which also features Zac Efron, Michelle Williams and Zendaya.

The Greatest Showman is a spectacular modern musical extravaganza in the classic Hollywood style. To drive this point home right off the top, the movie uses both the older version of the 20th ...

Jackman and The Greatest Showman have been a package deal throughout the movie's lengthy development process. Eventually, Jackman was joined by Zac Efron as Phillip, ...