HAIRSPRAY: B

1960's Broadway play turned motion picture, a fun loving over weight girl Tracey Turnblad auditions for "The Corney Collins Show" a popular Baltimore dance show, becoming a local celebrity and dance trendsetter in the process...

Growing up performing in various school plays and a contender for a drama scholarship, I've had the opportunity to study theater from Broadway, New York to London, England; Watching some the finest artist perform their talents, Hairspray was not one of them. Many Broadway Musicals have been converted to film, from "The King & I" to the more recent "The Producers", all of which entertaining in their own right, the same can be said of "Hairspray", I found myself enjoying the moral and message of this film more then the film itself, this movie takes on racism, obesity, beauty, and 1960's relationship taboos through the most universal way possible, Music! I found myself humming, tapping my feet, and smiling to the quirky characters presenting this controversial material.

For all of the positiveness this movie delivers there are clear casting mistake's, namely John Travolta in Drag, who is just that, John Travolta in Drag! Amanda Bynes is clearly under cast, and the sound editing on this movie is terrible, the only actors voices strong enough to be heard through the over shadowing rhythms of the show tunes are those of Queen Latifa and James Marsden (Who is Excellent as "Corny Collins").

For all "Hairsprays" short comings, this is an enjoyable movie if you enjoy this genre, I do.

Rated: "PG" for Language, Suggestive content and momentary teen smoking.

Also see: Phantom of the Oprah, Moulone Rouge, My far lady.