Hairspray Reviews

If you are not infected with the joy of "Hairspray" than there isn't a movie musical that can make you smile. The cast is great - from newcomer Nikki Blonsky, who really carries the story, to an incredibly well-cast group of... Read more

Sometimes a movie comes out that just makes you feel good - this is it! Singing, dancing, a great story and an awesome cast makes this 1 a keeper!! We saw this on Broadway last year and it was like we... Read more

I JUST SAW HAIRSPRAY AND MAN IT WAS TRULY MAGIC. I AM A HUGE FAN OF THE PREVIOUS VERSION BUT THIS ONE IS BY FAR THE BEST. QUEEN LATIFAH, JOHN TRAVOLTA, CHRISTOPHER WALKEN AND AMANDA BYNES REALLY STOLE THE SHOW FOR... Read more

i have never seen a better movie. this movie was really good and nothing but GREASE tops this. John Travolta, Zac Efron, Queen Latifah and others all together in this awesome movie.... Read more

I have never seen a better performed musical that 'Hairspray'!! The first time I heard about 'Hairspray' was when the show first started on Broadway! I was like "Big Deal, a stupid musical about hairspray"(which it has nothing really to do... Read more

My family and I saw the movie version of the Broadway musical adaptation of John Waters' 1988 comedy HAIRSPRAY on its opening weekend. It's unanimous: this HAIRSPRAY is a big, bright, joyful 1960s song-and-dance extravaganza, and we all urge you... Read more

Not that I'm surprised that I liked it but yes that I liked it as much as I did. Keeping some of the lovely John Water garishness but mainstreaming it enough to make it mainstream. John Travolta in the Divine... Read more

I just saw Hairspray the movie at the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle--the same theater where Hairspray the musical premiered five years ago. It could be that I am just dizzied by the dashing good looks of Zac Efron, but... Read more

Obviously a big-budget, flashy musical remake of a John Waters film is never going to be as subversive or as comically edgy as its predecessors, but one of the good things about HAIRSPRAY is that it never intends to be.... Read more

Had it not been for a free pass to an advance screening, I must admit that my friends would have had trouble getting me to see 'Hairspray.' I don't mind musicals but 'Hairspray' didn't seem like something I'd enjoy. Not... Read more