This was great fun.
It is over the top, corny, sickly sweet and full of niceness.
My take is that the musical pieces are over the top on purpose - as alluded to by several characters. It is meant to be cheesy. Its meant to be self aware and mocking the genre.
There are references to lots of other movies and musicals all over the place, but if I had to classify it I'd say its part traditional scrooge, part scrooged (the Bill Murray movie) and part greatest showman (so much so I was expecting Jackman to make an appearance).
Its very meta in places. Its self referential.
The songs are funny and over the top.
The three leads are fantastic.
The whole thing is played with much gusto.
And this is coming from someone who loathes musicals.
Its also very funny. Ferrell was born to play the role he is playing here. Reynolds is close to the type of character he is known best for - but it works well (thats not a criticism - I think he is very well cast). Spencer is perfect - bringing some heart to proceedings.
Don't take it too seriously - its fun.
It is over the top, corny, sickly sweet and full of niceness.
My take is that the musical pieces are over the top on purpose - as alluded to by several characters. It is meant to be cheesy. Its meant to be self aware and mocking the genre.
There are references to lots of other movies and musicals all over the place, but if I had to classify it I'd say its part traditional scrooge, part scrooged (the Bill Murray movie) and part greatest showman (so much so I was expecting Jackman to make an appearance).
Its very meta in places. Its self referential.
The songs are funny and over the top.
The three leads are fantastic.
The whole thing is played with much gusto.
And this is coming from someone who loathes musicals.
Its also very funny. Ferrell was born to play the role he is playing here. Reynolds is close to the type of character he is known best for - but it works well (thats not a criticism - I think he is very well cast). Spencer is perfect - bringing some heart to proceedings.
Don't take it too seriously - its fun.