Hello to all the community of film and television lovers. Today I want to make a review of this magnificent movie that after so long I could see, sincerely this is the quintessence of the movies I've seen, as it integrates everything that a good movie should show.

To begin with let's talk about the technical aspects of the movie. The greatest showman was directed by Michael Gracey and released in 2017, it follows the real-life story of the founder of the famous American circus Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the film has a very high-quality cast, for example, we have Hugh Jackman who plays P. T. Barnum, Zac Efron who gives life to Phillip Carlyle and Zendaya as Anne Wheeler.

The Greatest Showman tells the story of the beginning of the great Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus and his attempt to grow up in a world where his show is not so accepted. P. T. Barnum is a boy who comes from a very inferior social class and has always been marginalized because of that, his father who is a tailor takes him to accompany him to do a job in the house of an important client and it is there where he meets Charity and falls in love with her, but Charity's father rejects him for being poor but they do not give up and with love and dreams, they manage to marry when they are older.

The problems begin when P. T. Barnum is voted out of the accounting firm where he works, so with 2 daughters and a wife he sets the goal of giving them everything they need, so he cunningly gets a loan from the bank for $10K and buys a wax museum with a macabre style, but it starts to go wrong because people do not like what he offers in his museum.

So he comes up with the idea of showing a Freak Show, humans with deformities or exceptional characteristics. So he looks for the bearded woman, the world's most obese man, the world's tallest man, the world's most tattooed man, the dog man, among other artists.

The most valuable thing the movie brings to the table is that no matter your characteristics or differences, you are worth the same as everyone else and you can be someone who can go far if you believe in yourself and put your fears aside. That idea was the one that convinced the artists to join him and his project.

And his company starts to go great, as everyone loves the show and Barnum starts to earn a lot of money, but for him, it is not enough because he is swayed by the critics who say that his show is worthless because it is not suitable for the upper class of society. So Barnum tries to find talent for the upper class with the help of Phillip Carlyle who is a famous composer of works for the upper class but he is broke, so Barnum starts to gain an upper-class audience but he forgets his friends from the show.

Then, he meets Jenny Lind a famous opera singer, whom he hires and they start touring all over the country, and after 93 concerts, Jenny cancels her contract with Barnum and he ends up with nothing and back to his family and the show. But upon arriving in her hometown, she learns that the establishment has been burned down, and the culprits are a mob of drunks who were always harassing the cast of the show, calling them names and even spitting on them.

After this incident he has nothing left because he is an insatiable and greedy man, his wife leaves him, his friends from the show distance themselves from him, the bank repossesses everything and he is left on the ground just as it all started, there Barnum reflects and realizes that he was going too far for greed and to gain the acceptance of people who did not care about him.

So he decides to get his wife and friends back from the circus, but they have no money to rebuild the building. But with the help of Phillip Carlyle they manage to buy some land on the docks and with new tents they manage to make their show bigger and better and take it to the next level. Then the movie ends with Barnum attending a ballet recital of his daughters with his wife whom he loves and finally gives her everything he promised her, to be with her and dream together regardless of material things.

What I liked

Well, what can I say, everything that this movie teaches or shows, I loved it very much, because it teaches values that are being lost nowadays. For example, it teaches:

• Do not judge people by their appearance: we saw that those who were called freaks were people with exceptional gifts, the bearded woman had an incredible voice, the fattest man in the world had a big heart and the smallest man in the world could brighten the day. All around us we get people like this, who are marginalized by society because of their color, culture, characteristics, language. They are treated like animals and even persecuted, but if we look beyond appearances we will find exceptional people.

• Money is not the most important thing: Here we see how Barnum focuses all his life to try to give his wife a comfortable life with many luxuries, but by pursuing that dream he almost loses everything What is valuable, something that all the money in the world can't buy. In real life we see that happen, people who dedicate countless hours to work and pursue a dream, but forget that the time you dedicate to your family and those you love is worth much more than all the money in the world, because when you leave, those memories are the ones that remain.

• Social classes, another way of discrimination: Something that is very marked in the movie is the social segregation that exists in the world, where the less privileged people in a material sense, lack the opportunities in life, there is a scene in the movie where Phillip Carlyle (Zac Efron) and Anne Wheeler (Zendaya) go to the theater together, but Philip's parents to see him with someone of a lower class, horribly denigrate Anne. Nowadays we see that many people around us and more than everything on the internet, think that because they have a lot of money they can treat badly whoever they want or feel superior, that is wrong because we are all equal and money does not save anyone from the great evil that all humanity suffers: Death.

One last thing I loved about this great movie was the soundtrack, it's the best I've ever heard, it's a mix of musical and lyrics with a powerful message, here you have the official soundtrack of the movie, 13 songs that you will enjoy a lot:

What I didn't like

I think it was that they didn't tell more in-depth the story of all the characters of Barnum's cast, of course I know that the story revolves around Barnum mainly but if they had only done that the story would have been a little more complete, also to know more about Philips character and how this movie is taken from real life, even if they were just showing how it all ended. But other than that it's a wonderful movie.

In conclusion, The Greatest Showman is a wonderful movie and I assure you that you will not regret watching it, it is highly recommended and I want to give it a score of 9/10.

Thank you very much for reading this review, I hope you liked it, the images used here are not of my authorship and that's why below I leave the links from where I took them, again thank you very much, and see you until the next one.

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Hola a toda la comunidad de amantes del cine y la television. Hoy quiero hacer un review de esta magnifica pelicula que despues de tanto tiempo pude ver, sinceramente esta es la quintaescencia delas peliculas que he visto, ya que integran todo lo que una buena pelicula debe mostrar.

Para empezar hablemos de los aspectos tecnicos de la pelicula. The greatest showman fue dirigida por Michael Gracey y estrenada en el 2017, sigue la historia de la vida real, del fundador del famoso circo estadounidence Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, la pelicula cuenta con un elenco muy a la altura, por ejemplo tenemos a Hugh Jackman que interpreta a P. T. Barnum, Zac Efron que le da vida Phillip Carlyle y a Zendaya como Anne Wheeler.

The Greatest Showman cuenta la historia del inicio del gran circo Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus y su intento por crecer en un mundo donde no es tan aceptado su espectaculo. P. T. Barnum es un niño que viene de una clase social muy inferior y que siempre ha sido marginado por eso, su padre que es sastre se lo lleva a que lo acompañe a hacer un trabajo en la casa de un cliente importante y es alli donde conoce a Charity y se queda enamorado de ella, pero el padre de Charity lo rechaza por ser pobre pero ellos no se rinden y con amor y sueños logran casarse cuando son mayores.

Los problemas comienzan cuando a P. T. Barnum lo votan de la empresa de contadores donde trabaja, asi que con 2 hijas y una esposa se pone la meta de poder darles todo lo que necesitan, asi que con astucia consigue un prestamo del banco por $10K y compra un museo de cera con un estilo macabro, pero le empieza a ir mal ya que las personas no les gusta lo que el ofrece en su museo.

Asi que se le ocurre la idea de mostrar un espectaculo de Freak Show, humanos con deformidades o con caracteristicas excepcionales. Asi que busca a la mujer barbuda, el hombre mas obeso del mundo, el hombre mas alto del mundo, el hombre mas tatuado del mundo, el hombre perro, entre otros artistas.

Lo mas valioso que aporta la pelicula es que sin importar tus caracteristicas o diferencias, tu vales igual que todos y tu puedes ser alguien que llege lejos si crees en ti y dejas los miedos a un lado. Esa idea fue con la que convencio a los artistas a unise a el y su proyecto

Y su empresa empieza a ir de maravilla, ya que el show le encanta a todos y barnum empieza a ganar mucho dinero, pero para el no es suficiente ya que se deja llevar por la critica que dice que su show no tiene valor porque no es apto para la clase alta de la sociedad. Asi que Barnum, trata de buscar a talentos para la clase alta con la ayuda de Phillip Carlyle que es un famoso compositor de obras para la clase alta pero que esta quebrado, asi que Barnum comienza a ganr un publico de la clase alta pero se va olvidando de sus amigos del show.

Luego, conoce a Jenny Lind una famosa cantante de musica opera, la cual contrata y comienzan a hacer giras por todo el pais, y luego de 93 conciertos, Jenny cancela su contrato con Barnum y este termina sin nada y de vuelta con su familia y el show. Pero al llegar a su ciudad se entera de que le han quemado el establecimiento, y los culpables son una chusma de borrachos que siempre estaban astidiando al elenco del show, llamandolos de maneras insultantes y hasta escupiendolos.

Luego de este incidente no le queda nada, ya que por ser un hombre insasiable y avarisioso, su esposa lo deja, sus amigos del show se distancian, el banco le embarga todo y queda en el suelo justamente como empezo todo, alli Barnum reflexiona y se da cuenta de que estaba yendo demaciado lejos por codicia y para lograr la aceptacion de personas a quienes el no le importaban.

Asi que decide recuperar a su esposa y a sus amios del circo, pero no tienen dinero para reconstruir el edificio. Pero con la ayuda de Phillip Carlyle logran comprar unas tierras en los muelles y con nuevas carpas logran hacer mucho mejor y mas grande su espectaculo llevandolo a un siguiente nivel. Luego la pelicula termina con Barnum asistiendo a un recital de ballet de sus hijas junto con su esposa a quien ama y finalmente le da todo le que le prometio, estar con ella y soñar juntos sin importar las cosas materiales.

Lo que me gusto

Pues que puedo decir, todo lo que esta pelicula enseña o muestra me encanto muchisimo, ya que enseña valores que se estan perdiendo hoy en dia. Por ejemplo enseña:

• No juzgar a las personas por su apariencia: vimos que a los que denominaban fenomenos eran personas con dones ecepcionales, la mujer barbuda tenia una voz increible, el hombre mas gordo del mundo tenia un gran corazon y el hombre mas pequeño del mundo podia alegrar el dia. A nuestro al rededor conseguimos a personas asi, que son marginadas por la sociedad por su color, cultura, caracteristicas, idioma. SOn tratados como animales e incluso perseguidos, pero si vemos mas alla que solo las apariencias nos encontraremos a personas ecepcionales.

• El dinero no es lo mas importante: Aqui vemos como Barnum se enfoca toda la vida a tratar de darle a su esposa una vida comoda y con muchos lujos, pero por perseguir ese sueño casi pierde todo Lo que es realmente valioso, algo que ni todo el dinero del mundo puede comprar. En la vida real vemos que pasa eso, personas que se dedican incontables horas a trabajar y perseguir un sueño, pero olvidan que el tiempo que le dediques a tu familia y los que amas vale mucho mas que todo el dinero del mundo, ya que cuando uno se va, esos recuerdos son los que quedn.

• Las clases sociales, otra manera de discriminacion: Algo que se ve muy marcado en la pelicula es la segregacion social que existe en el mundo, donde las personas menos privilegiadas en sentido material, carecen de las oportunidades en la vida, hay una excena en la pelicula donde Phillip Carlyle (Zac Efron) y Anne Wheeler (Zendaya) van al teatro juntos, pero los padres de Philip al verlo con alguien de clase inferior, denigran a anne de una manera horrible. Actualmente vemos eso, muchas personas a nuestro alrededor y mas que todo en internet, piensan que por tener mucho dinero pueden tratan mal a quienes quieran o sentirse superior, eso esta mal ya que todos somos iguales y el dinero no salva a ningunno del gran mal que toda la humanidad padece: La muerte.

Una ultima cosa que ame de esta grandiosa pelicula fue su soundtrack, es el mejor que he escuchado, ya que es una mezcla de musical y letras con un mensaje poderoso, aca te dejo el soundtrack oficial de la pelicula, 13 canciones que disfrutaras mucho: