| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
A- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...a musical delight." more... |
A- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"The movie seems guileless and rambunctious, but it looks just right..." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"As mile-high-wig musicals go, the film version of Hairspray is less polished but more fun than Dreamgirls." more... |
B |
E! Online
Matt Stevens |
"It deserves to be a supersize hit." more... |
A- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...a fizzy and delirious high-camp message-movie musical that may just turn out to be the happiest movie of the summer." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"A jolt of unbridled entertainment..." more... |
A- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...the best and most entertaining movie adaptation of a stage musical so far this century..." more... |
A |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"That Hairspray is good-hearted is no surprise. The surprise may be that this Hairspray, stuffed with shiny showstoppers, is actually good." more... |
B+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...an entertaining diversion..." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Hairspray has a beat. And you sure can dance to it. " more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...not only feels good in the moment but can actually transform a mood, or an entire evening." more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"The songs skillfully advance the story line, the choreography is inventive and exhilarating...." more... |
A- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...energetic and goofy." more... |
B |
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