Director: Michael Gracey
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya
Plot: Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
Disc Release Date: 10 April 2018
The Greatest Showman puts on a great show with this magnificent native 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release, which delivers the hit musical in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.4:1 widescreen. The disc...
A cracking audio track. The accompanying audio presentation is also easily demo territory, with the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc's exclusive immersive audio Dolby Atmos track founded upon the already reference...
Fans will likely celebrate not only the provision of a number of musical-themed additional features (mostly focussing on 'isolated' song tracks and sing-a-long recordings), but also the porting of these...
A glorious musical extravaganza, The Greatest Showman is fun entertainment for all the family. Ostensibly celebrating 'differences' and unique identities and the entrepreneurial free spirit, The Greatest...
A great release. The Greatest Showman is a fun, feel-good musical extravaganza which celebrates its unabashed audiovisual panache even if the spectacle is but skin deep. The Ultra HD Blu-ray package affords...
The Greatest Showman is presented on 4K UHD courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment with a 2160p transfer in 2.40:1. I go over the provenance of the shoot and DI in our The Greatest Showman Blu-ray...
The Greatest Showmanhuge difference between the Atmos track and "standard" 7.1 track on the 1080p Blu-ray, but what is added here, while subtle at times, is noticeable and extremely enjoyable....
Fox has ported over only three of the supplements from the 1080p Blu-ray, basically all the "audio" related features: the audio commentary, the Music Machine and the Sing-Along. For complete details, as...
Is the musical back � again? After the overwhelming success of La La Land, a lot of people were looking toward The Greatest Showman to continue the trend, especially since La La Land's lyricists Benj Pasek...
Regular readers of my reviews know I have a soft spot for musicals, and with that in mind, I largely enjoyed The Greatest Showman even if some elements didn't totally work for me. One way or the other,...
The circus of oddities and curiosities rushes the Ultra HD arena with a lovely HEVC H.265 encode that bursts with such lively buoyancy and effervescence, immediately filling the room with excitement. The...
The surprisingly entertaining sideshow attraction finishes the extravagant show with a fantastically engaging and satisfying Dolby Atmos soundtrack that immediately sucks viewers into the fantasy. As the...
Audio Commentary: Director Michael Gracey rides solo for this commentary, explaining the technical details of the production, insight on the creative process and thoughts on the music and dance numbers.The...
Brushing aside several historical inaccuracies while avoiding other disconcerting details that might disturb moviegoers — look no further than the sad, exploited lives of Joice Heth and Charles Sherwood...
Much like P.T. Barnum himself, The Greatest Showman hoodwinks moviegoers with a whopper of a fantasy, thrilling them with flamboyant spectacle and an imaginative fairytale that inspires. Starring Hugh...
I also enjoyed the presentation’s implementation of HDR. This film contains a host of brightly lit interior/exterior and low-level interior/exterior sequences...
Disc 1: The Greatest Showman Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc 2: The Greatest Showman Blu-ray The Family Behind The Greatest Showman Featurette The Songs The Spectacle Music Machine Sing-A-Long Director’s Audio Commentary...
I wouldn’t consider myself to be a big fan of musicals, but, I am a fan of entertaining films, and if they happen to be a musical, that’s fine by me. My wife is a huge Hugh Jackman fan, so, when we were...
Barnum The Greatest Showman is a entertaining musical with epic aspirations that aren’t quite met, but, that doesn’t prevent it from being an appealing and fun film experience. Speaking of which, it’s...