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The camera bounces around from one staged encounter to the next, until you start feeling curiously seasick from the clumsy breaks and wandering pan shots.

The killer's identity adds fuel to the flames of absurdity.

Screenwriter Bill Condon and director Rob Marshall have retained the spirit of the original.

There are a couple of good laughs but they certainly don't carry two hours of film.

Hairspray is a sincere, thoroughly entertaining romp; bursting with boundless energy, inventive choreography and performances that quite simply delight.

The characters of the animals are underdeveloped and the film is ultimately bland.

I've seen cooked spaghetti with more tension.

They say this is based on a couple of Chekhov's shorter prose works. If so, everything was lost in translation.

This is less fun than a month at Butlins.

The gags are at death's door.

It’s all very Oprah chick flick, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a real soul.

A superb testament to inventiveness.

There is not a single shred of a reason for anyone to pay money to see this movie. Save your cab fare and walk on by.

It's not long before it all becomes delightfully self-mocking.