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__**Hairspray (2007) Review**__
The comedy, //[|Hairpsray]// was a cute spin-off of the [|Tony Award] winning [|Broadway] musical. The cast includes many well known actors and actresses such as, [|John Travolta], [|Nicole Blonsky], [|Christopher Walken], [|Brittney Snow], [|Queen Latifah], [|Michelle Pfieffer], [|Amanda Bynes], and teenage heart throb, [|Zac Efron]. It was released on July 20, 2007 and directed by [|Adam Shankman], this musical received four out of five stars from channel4.com. It is rated PG and is approximately 110 minutes. //Hairspray// is a funny, musical set in [|Baltimore] in the [|1960s] is about a young girl, Tracy Turnblad, played by Nicole Blonsky, who chases after her dreams. Her dream is to dance and sing on her favorite TV show, with the popular and beautiful, Link Larkin, who is played by Zac Efron. Tracy’s mother, played by John Travolta, is not so quick to accept the changing ways, and the idea of having her daughter dance on TV. Both Edna Turnblad (Tracy’s mother) and the stage manager of the TV show don’t believe in Tracy’s dream. Edna said, “Well, I had a dream that I would own a coin-operated laundromat but I came down from that cloud real quickly!” Tracy is going to do everything in her power to prove them wrong. She does this with the help of her African-American friends, that she befriends during detention. “This is just so afro-tastic!” said Tracy. This movie makes you laugh and the audience really gets into it. It is an exciting movie where you’re always wondering how Tracy with overcome each setback. She is the image of all those children who wouldn’t give up on their dreams, not matter who or what stood in their way. This movie can be enjoyed by all ages. There is some adult humor for the older generation, and the kids and everyone will find John Travolta hysterical. The music is terrific, it’s very catchy and you almost dance in your seats while watching this film. As soon as you finish watching the movie, you’ll want to go download the songs immediately. You’ll sing them for the next week. This movie is entertaining, and teaches people about the 1960s, and the discrimination that was still occurring to African-Americans during the time period. In Zac Efron’s first movie, //[|High School Musical]//, it was said that he lip-synced. But in this movie he did not lip-sync, and it makes you wonder why he did in //High School Musical//. He has a great voice and played the part of Link Larkin very well. John Travolta was hilarious, as he played the part of Tracy Turnblad’s insecure mother. He was completely believable and definitely a great choice for the part. A third excellent choice for this movie was Nicole Blonsky who played the part of Tracy Turnblad. She was fun, and enthusiastic. The audience was rooting for her the whole time, and you just wanted to see her crush her competition for the spot of Miss Teenage Hairspray. //Hairspray// is filled with DVD extras, which include deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with the cast, two documentaries, and another song sung by Nicole Blonsky that wasn’t put in the movie. They also break down two of the dances, so you can learn them too. Also included in the extras is a forty minute discussion of the movie with [|Mr. Waters] (the creator of the first //Hairspray// 1988), [|Ricki Lake] (the movie star of the original movie), and the creators of the Broadway musical. This movie was a lot of fun and definitely made me laugh. I never saw the original movie, but I saw the Broadway musical, and I thought that they were very similar. Sometimes when a movie is re-made it isn’t as good as the first, or it is embellished too much. I thought that Shankman did a perfect job with remaking this movie. It deserves 3.5 stars.