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Created Jan 03, 2008 12:26AM PST • Edited Jan 16, 2010 02:49PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   OK 2.5

   High gloss musical fantasy can’t escape its lame dialog and unfortunate casting. The song and dance numbers, however, are terrific.

4. Acting

   Very Good 3.5

   I’m considering John Travolta a Female Star for this movie, thus dragging down poor Michelle Pfeiffer and the other ladies due to his silly and tiresome performance. Honestly, the guy makes more poor career choices than any other A list star.

   Michelle Pfeiffer, always watchable, continues to prove herself as great a performer as a beauty.

   James Marsden was a revelation here: charismatic and buoyant, completely the opposite of his forgettable Scott Summers from the X-Men trilogy.

5. Male Stars Great 4.0

6. Female Stars Barely OK 2.0

7. Female Costars Great 4.0

8. Male Costars Great 4.0

10. Film

    Barely OK 2.0

    Stay for the song & dance. Tune out the rest.

11. Direction OK 2.5

12. Play Awful 0.0

    By turns saccharine sweet and unattractively odd.

13. Music Perfect 5.0

    Great songs, great dancing.

14. Visuals Barely OK 2.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Tame 1.2

17. Sex Innocent 1.1

18. Violence Gentle 1.3

19. Rudeness Polite 1.1

21. Reality

    Glib 1.2

22. Circumstantial Glib 1.5

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Natural 1.0