In the late 19th century, p Barnum and his troupe perform a show at the circus (the greatest show) In a flashback to barnum's childhood where he and his father philo, a tailor, work for the hallett family, he becomes infatuated with their daughter, charity. There's imagination in the frame and a lot of it, but largely due to the film's complete inability to marry subject with tone, the greatest showman is far from great Rather than being a worthy successor to moulin rouge (2001) this picture winds up feeling like newsies (1992) without a crutchy.
For the song this is me Tied with sufjan stevens for the song mystery of love from call me by your name (2017) in second place. Soundtracks the greatest showman edit the greatest show music and lyrics by benj pasek & justin paul, ryan lewis Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. Twentieth century fox (united states, 2017) (theatrical) twentieth century fox (united kingdom, 2017) (theatrical) forum hungary (hungary, 2017) (theatrical) nordisk film Con hugh jackman, michelle williams, zac efron, zendaya