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Hairspray

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Hairspray

Original title

Hairspray

Year

2007

Running time

107 min.

Country

United States

Director

Adam Shankman

Screenwriter

Leslie Dixon. Play: Mark O'Donnell. Remake: John Waters

Cast

Music

Marc Shaiman

Cinematography

Bojan Bazelli

Producer

New Line Cinema

Genre

Musical. Comedy | Remake. 1960s. Racism. Dancing

Synopsis

Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion--dancing. Her dream is to appear on "The Corny Collins Show," Baltimore's hippest dance party on TV. Tracy seems a natural fit for the show except for one not-so-little problem--she doesn't fit in. Her plus-siz

Hairspray is originally based on the 1988 John Waters comedy about star-struck teenagers on a local dance show. The new version of the film is based on New Line's hit Broadway adaptation of the film which debuted in 2002, and went on to win eight Tony Awards.

Awards: 2007: 3 Nominations for Golden Globe, including Best Movie - Comedy or Musical

2007: Nominated for BAFTA Awards: Best Make up & Hair

2007: 2 Critics' Choice Awards: Best Acting Ensemble and Young Actress (Blonsky). 5 Nominations

2007: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated for Best Cast in a Motion Picture

2007: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Most Promising Performer (Blonsky)

2007: Satellite Awards: 4 nominations

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Critics' reviews

"Big hair. Big movie. Big fun."

Mick LaSalle: SFGATE
"Unpretentious, feel-good pic (...) there’s a goodwill and esprit to the whole exercise that is hard to resist"

Dennis Harvey: Variety
"The film isn't deep or thematically rich or filled with amazing characters. Instead, it's an excursion into song and dance, and works admirably on that level"

James Berardinelli: ReelViews
"Though it bears little resemblance to the original 1988 John Waters cult film, it is still energetic (...) a musical in the bouncy retro Hollywood style (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"The movie version of the hit Broadway musical Hairspray is perfectly pleasant--I smiled to myself all the way through it--but it’s not as exhilarating as the show."

David Denby: The New Yorker
"Though not as scabrous, as sharp or even as musically memorable as John Waters’ original, it retains much of his filthy, big-hearted sensibility"

Time Out
"This lively and unashamedly kitsch adaptation of the stage musical, itself adapted from John Waters’ finest mainstream movie, is a real crowd-pleaser (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Will Lawrence: Empire

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Ranking Lists Position

25 My Favorite Musicals (129)
69 My Top 10 Movies from 2007 (54)

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