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User Reviews for: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

DastenHero
CONTAINS SPOILERS7/10  4 years ago
Undoubtedly fun and creative, but surprisingly and disappointingly sexual and misleading as far as "family friendly" goes, Andrew Lloyd Webber has done it again and created yet another fantastic musical that while great may cause parents to think twice before plopping down on the couch with their children to watch it.

The music itself is this movie's selling point, of course. Despite the fact that it can often be repetitive and unmemorable in a few spots, there really isn't anything wrong with any of it. It never sounds auto-tuned and most of the songs are simply fun to listen to. There are even a few that reach greatness, and each of the singers nail their parts to a "t."

The sets are also whimsical and fun. Although low budget when compared to more cinematic musical movies, the set designers demonstrate their talent during the film's fantastical "Egypt" scenes. The stylization works surprisingly well, and it's all around fun to see what the set design will pull next.

Now for the negatives. This show's biggest problem is the costumes. The wigs are atrocious and the outfits on a good 75% of the women leave much to be desired. Whoever decided that a children's musical should be populated by women wearing skin tight flesh colored suits revealing their rear ends and glitter pasties to stand in as nipples needs to be officially fired and given a harsh talk about making family friendly productions. Although there are sexual wink-winks here and there in the script itself, the sexual aspect is cranked up to 100% real fast by what basically can be described as a somewhat non-explicit orgy including the sexual harassment of a young man. Butts are touched, clothes are forcibly removed, and it's all around not appropriate for children at ALL, let alone the children depicted in the movie's young audience.

Minor smoking also occurs.

That being said, it's a fun watch. Unfortunately, it's also a sadly inappropriate one. Best to leave this for the adults and older teens to enjoy, though I would recommend fast forwarding through Mrs. Potiphar's shenanigans - trust me when I say, not many people are going to forget that sequence any time soon, and not in a good way.
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Reply by glasgow1975
one year ago
@dastenhero imagine thinking anything based on the bible was 'family friendly' - hilarious - if goody two shoes King Mormon Donny was fine with it you should be too...
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