This is a musical about a barber who is falsely accused of being, uh, bad? Sent to die in some far off place by an evil judge who then tries to steal his wife and marry his daughter. If that sounds weird, it should, it’s a musical. Musicals are always a wonderful paradox of logic and reason. So it makes perfect sense that a musical would be set around a psycho killer.

The movie’s music itself is widely ranging from shitty to holy freaking awesome. All the singing is pretty darn good, since it’s better than I can do in the shower, or at all for that matter. The real singing star in this move is the kid and Borat to a lesser extent. They have some very funny and memorable song(s)/moments.

In the effects department they get a thumbs up for blood and gore, they get a thumbs down for an annoying shitty After Effects opening to the movie that doesn’t even feel remotely like an overture. The first 30 minutes of the movie are not good, and it should be said that the love story between the other kid and what’s-her-pretty-face should have been ignored for the most part. Cause you don’t care about it and it doesn’t get resolved in the end of the film so I felt annoyed they even left it in from the play version.

This movie is an odd mishmash of totally awesome and super fun, and bleh. Live past the first 30 minutes and you’ll have a lot of fun.

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