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A glossy, high-energy Broadway-style comedy with a sincere pro-LGBTQ premise, but the execution is widely regarded as tonally messy, overlong, and too often undermined by broad, self-congratulatory humor. It may still appeal to viewers who want a starry, campy musical and can tolerate uneven writing.
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Wed · 2h 11m
Director: Ryan Murphy
Starring: Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman
After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.
Ryan Murphy
Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman
A glossy, high-energy Broadway-style comedy with a sincere pro-LGBTQ premise, but the execution is widely regarded as tonally messy, overlong, and too often undermined by broad, self-congratulatory humor. It may still appeal to viewers who want a starry, campy musical and can tolerate uneven writing.
The Prom is the kind of movie that arrives with good intentions, loud costumes, and a lot of glitter, then struggles to turn those ingredients into something genuinely moving. Its central premise has real appeal: a small-town queer coming-of-age story wrapped in Broadway razzle-dazzle. But the film keeps tripping over its own need to be both heartfelt and self-parodying, and the result is often more exhausting than exhilarating.
The cast is stacked, and the production is undeniably polished, but the movie’s biggest problem is that it rarely trusts its own emotional core. Scenes that should land with warmth or catharsis are undercut by broad comic detours, while the satire of showbiz narcissism never feels sharp enough to justify the runtime. For viewers who enjoy camp excess, there is a certain chaotic pleasure in it.
As a feel-good musical, it’s uneven; as a queer story, it’s too surface-level to feel fully earned. It has moments of charm and a few genuine sparks, but they’re buried inside a film that feels more assembled than alive.
le petit prince (1★) · 5623 likes
this feels so gay and homophobic at the same time
Chris Feil (1.5★) · 2898 likes
James Corden GUILLOTINE
Muriel · 1867 likes
ryan murphy your days are numbered
julia 🐛 (3★) · 1319 likes
The only reason James Corden is in this is because Darren Criss won’t play gay characters anymore
SilentDawn (2★) · 1308 likes
40 Meryl Streep eye-fucks Keegan-Michael Key in an Applebee's.
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LGBTQ acceptance, high school prom, small-town conservatism, showbiz vanity, outsider solidarity, coming-of-age, camp aesthetics, public image versus sincerity
musical comedy, LGBTQ drama, camp, ensemble cast, high school, small town, satire, feel-good, coming-of-age, broadway