A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high-school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high-school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high-school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 29 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn one scene, Barry (James Corden) laments the fact that he has not yet won a Tony Award. James Corden is the only member of the film's cast who has actually won a Tony in real life.
- GoofsIn the opening scene, when the Broadway stars watch the story on Twitter about Emma, Principal Hawkins is identified in the news broadcast on TV as "Principal, Edgewater High School." The name of the school in the rest of the movie is James Madison High School.
- Quotes
Principal Hawkins: Straight people like Broadway too.
Dee Dee Allen: I've heard that. Always thought it was a fairy tale.
- Crazy creditsThe characters have Prom photographs part-way through the end credits.
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Written by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin
Produced by Adam Anders, Peer Astrom and Ryan Murphy
Performed by Meryl Streep and James Corden
Featured review
Take it As Brainless Fun Tossed in with Camp, Song, Dance and Faux-Emo
What do you expect?
It is exactly what it is meant to be - just brainless song dance camp faux-emo theatre w very mehh story and loopholes gala. As such, not great but sure good enough.
The songs are far catchier and flow more naturally into the scenes than other musicals of this genre. Everyone sang better than expected - Meryl Streep's assured singing exceeds her shaky performance in Mamma Mia.
I don't particularly like James Corden either (but certainly not to the extent of his compatriot Piers Morgan whom I find a total yuckky loud ego fake), but to be fair I can't fault his good-enough performance here as with every cast member. Also, everyone else (except for Keegan-Michael Key who played it pleasantly 'normal', surprisingly) was camping it up so why shouldn't Corden? And his level of campiness suits the character and is by no means overdone. I don't know why so many people have an issue with him, when nobody seemed to bat an eyelid when Eric Stonestreet (who is totally straight also) camped it truly all the way up in Modern Family - why the double standard? Gays play straights, straights play gays - who cares as long as the performance suits the characters.
I recommend this good-enough brainless musical. Enjoy! 😊
It is exactly what it is meant to be - just brainless song dance camp faux-emo theatre w very mehh story and loopholes gala. As such, not great but sure good enough.
The songs are far catchier and flow more naturally into the scenes than other musicals of this genre. Everyone sang better than expected - Meryl Streep's assured singing exceeds her shaky performance in Mamma Mia.
I don't particularly like James Corden either (but certainly not to the extent of his compatriot Piers Morgan whom I find a total yuckky loud ego fake), but to be fair I can't fault his good-enough performance here as with every cast member. Also, everyone else (except for Keegan-Michael Key who played it pleasantly 'normal', surprisingly) was camping it up so why shouldn't Corden? And his level of campiness suits the character and is by no means overdone. I don't know why so many people have an issue with him, when nobody seemed to bat an eyelid when Eric Stonestreet (who is totally straight also) camped it truly all the way up in Modern Family - why the double standard? Gays play straights, straights play gays - who cares as long as the performance suits the characters.
I recommend this good-enough brainless musical. Enjoy! 😊
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- LeoDeLeo
- Dec 10, 2020
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- The Prom: Vũ Hội Tốt Nghiệp
- Filming locations
- Orpheum Theater - 842 South Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(as the Shubert Theatre in New York for the show "Eleanor")
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $187,430
- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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