| Trailer / Clips |
|
Hairspray - Trailer (Offical trailer video, HQ) |
Hairspray Trailer |
More
|
|
|
|
|
| Release Date
|
: |
20 July 2007 |
| Awards
|
: |
1 nomination |
| MPAA
|
: |
Rated PG for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking. |
| Company
|
: |
Gabriel Simon Production Services |
| Genre
|
: |
Comedy / Drama / Musical |
| Color
|
: |
Color |
| Filming Locations
|
: |
Lord Lansdowne Public School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Language
|
: |
English |
| Sound Mix
|
: |
Dolby Digital |
| Aspect Ratio
|
: |
2.35 : 1 |
| Certification
|
: |
UK:PG / USA:PG |
| Movie Connections
|
: |
Referenced in 2007 MTV Movie Awards (2007) (TV) |
| Country
|
: |
USA |
|
Overwiew :Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. Set in Baltimore during the 1960s dance TV craze, a zaftig high school hairhopper, Tracy Turnblad, graduates from outsider to celebrity trendsetter and along the way she stars on "The Corny Collins Show," wins the heart of resident hunk Link Larkin and kicks down the barriers for black and white integration on local television. Mother Daughter Relationship / Tony Award Source / Interracial Romance / Dance / Remake |
Starring :
Shane Simpson, Allison Janney, Christopher Walken, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Queen Latifah, John Travolta, Brittany Snow, Michelle Pfeiffer, Elijah Kelly, Nicole Blonsky, J.P. Ferreri, Sarah Francis, Tabitha Lupien, Tanee McCall, Hayley Podschun, Cassie Silva
Directors :
Adam Shankman
Producers :
Anson Downes, Linda Favila, Travis Knox, Craig Zadan, Jennifer Gibgot, Scott Wittman, Marc Shaiman, Neil Meron, Adam Shankman
Writers :
Mark O'Donnell, John Waters, Leslie Dixon, Thomas Meehan |
 Critic Reviews
|
Grade
|
|
USA Today - Claudia Puig : ...energetic and goofy. more...
|
B
|
|
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - William Arnold : The songs skillfully advance the story line, the choreography is inventive and exhilarating.... 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
|
|
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers : Hairspray has a beat. And you sure can dance to it. more...
|
A-
|
|
ReelViews - James Berardinelli : ...an entertaining diversion... more...
|
B
|
|
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+
|
|
New York Post - Lou Lumenick : ...the best and most entertaining movie adaptation of a stage musical so far this century... more...
|
A
|
|
filmcritic.com - Sean O'Connell : A jolt of unbridled entertainment... 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-
|
|
E! Online - Matt Stevens : It deserves to be a supersize hit. 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
|
|
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert : The movie seems guileless and rambunctious, but it looks just right... more...
|
A-
|
|
Boston Globe - Ty Burr : ...a musical delight. more...
|
A-
|
|
| Total Reviews: | 4 | | Average Rating: |    |
|
 |
|
Hijump19 says @ Wednesday - October 17,2007
I thought that the movie was going to be very good, but it turned out to be a musical.:( Zach Efron was very good in it though! He's a super hawty!!! :D | | | | Reply | | |
orly1290 says @ Saturday - September 08,2007
Absolutely the worst movie ever. I do hope it does not get onto cable.
All the songs seem to be the same, played over and over and over and over - the same beat and tempo, just different words once in a while. | | | | Reply | | |
lucysmailworld says @ Tuesday - August 14,2007
LOVE EFRON!!ALL I HAVE TO SAY... | | | anna w. replies @ Tuesday - August 14,2007
totally agree! i love the music and dancing!!! |
| | | | Reply | | |
dpatel0317 says @ Tuesday - August 14,2007
this movie was awsome i loved it | | | corbins girl replies @ Tuesday - August 14,2007
me too!!!! |
| | | | Reply | | |
|
|
|
