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Hairspray the Movie

MPAA Rating:  PG (for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking)

Tasha's Review:

I really enjoyed this movie because it was full of dancing and singing.  I sometimes don’t enjoy musicals because I find them kind of odd but this one was different. 

I think part of the reason that I enjoyed it so much was because it had so many great actors such as Queen Latifah, John Travolta, Zach Efron and Amanda Bynes (the list goes on and on.)  

There were not many negative things about this movie but I think that the main thing that upset me was that I realized how racist people were in the 60’s. 

If I had to give this movie a rating out of 5, I would say it ranked at about an 4 because it was a great movie, as well as a musical.  I am going to rate this movie at PG because some of the content was a bit old for children under the age of 12 but I would definitely recommend this movie to all people 12+.  

Overall this movie was fun to watch and it had me entertained throughout the whole thing.

Kaitlyn's Review:

Hairspray was a fantastic movie so I am going to give it a rating of 4.5 stars.  My favourite part was when she was in the hairspray can and my least favourite part was when she was in the dress store.

My favourite character was the girls friend and my least favourite character was the girls enemy.

Questions Tasha Answered Before Watching the Movie:

Is this a movie you are excited to see?   

Yes.  I am really excited t see it because there are so many famous people in it.

Would you prefer to see it:

• in the theatre with your family,
• in the theatre with your friends
• on DvD?

Questions Tasha Answered After Watching the Movie:

Was the movie as good as you thought it would be?

Yes it was great and I really enjoyed it.  The songs were great.

Would you talk with your friends about it?

Yes I definitely did because it was such a great movie and all of my friends saw it so we had so much to talk about.

Did you learn anything from it?

Not really.  I just learned that times have changed and we are not as racist as people were back then.

Questions Kaitlyn Answered Before Watching the Movie:

Is this a movie you are excited to see?   

Yes I am excited because it is a musical.

Would you prefer to see it:

• in the theatre with your family, 
• in the theatre with your friends
• on DvD?

Questions Kaitlyn Answered After Watching the Movie:

Was the movie as good as you thought it would be?

Yes it was.  I found it very musical and very interesting.

Would you talk with your friends about it?

Yes because they enjoyed it too and found it interesting.

Did you learn anything from it?

Yes I learned that there was a lot of discrimination in the olden days.

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