The Prom delivers a fun, feel-good Netflix date Despite pacing problems and a miscast James Corden, this starry adaptation of the Broadway musical scores big laughs by Glenn Sumi on December 12th, 2020 at 5:00 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1
The Prom
When
The Prom debuted on Broadway in 2018, most people complained it had two competing stories. One was a hilarious satire about show-business self-absorption which everyone, including me, thought was superior while the other was a sentimental one about inclusion and diversity in middle America. Ryan Murphy’s charming new Netflix adaptation of The Prom makes the transitions between these stories smoother. But some wonky casting choices and an overly long running time might make you check the other “What’s new on Netflix” offerings during its lengthy second half.
Review: The Prom delivers a fun, feel-good Netflix date
Review: The Prom delivers a fun, feel-good Netflix date
Despite pacing problems and a miscast James Corden, this starry adaptation of the Broadway musical scores big laughs By Glenn Sumi
THE PROM (Ryan Murphy). 140 minutes. Now streaming on Netflix. Rating:
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When The Prom debuted on Broadway in 2018, most people complained it had two competing stories. One was a hilarious satire about show-business self-absorption – which everyone, including me, thought was superior – while the other was a sentimental one about inclusion and diversity in middle America. Ryan Murphy’s charming new Netflix adaptation of The Prom makes the transitions between these stories smoother. But some wonky casting choices and an overly long running time might make you check the other “What’s new on Netflix” offerings during its lengthy second half.
Ratched hit Netflix, his adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical
The Prom arrives to the platform gussied up in a technicolor version of the same worshipful high school nostalgia as
Glee, and riddled with the same condescension toward “average” people that has defined so much of his output, from
Nip/Tuck to
The Politician. Murphy’s fondness for smashing down the walls surrounding certain American institutions and making them available for all to enjoy has never been particularly nuanced, and he directs
The Prom with the same bluntness. The film’s ultimate admiration of celebrity is only vaguely tolerable because its concurrent message of inclusivity is theoretically admirable but must it be delivered by the likes of a thoroughly exhausting, irredeemably self-satisfied James Corden?
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