Hairspray
2007 · Movie · PG · 116 min · ★ 6.7 · 87% critics
A pleasantly plump teenager auditions for Baltimore’s most popular dance show and lands a spot. As her fame grows, she champions equality and pushes back against the segregation built into the program, determined to help her friends and change things from the inside.
Based on Hairspray
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Details
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-07-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (2,625 votes)
- Box office
- $202,500,000
About
You’ll like this if you want a fun, colorful musical with catchy songs, strong messages, and feel-good entertainment, Not for you if you dislike older, “dated” integration stories or want deeper drama than Hairspray provides compared with Chicago or Moulin Rouge.
Pros: catchy musical numbers; uplifting themes; joyful dance scenes | Cons: dated feel; emotional depth may fade; plot can feel thin
Themes
- dance
- dreams
- baltimore, usa
- race politics
- musical
- based on play or musical
- equality
- school party
- integration
- overweight woman
- remake
- teen movie
- +7 more
Awards & recognition
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award — Best Family Film · 2007 · nominated
Cast & crew
Nikki Blonsky
as Tracy Turnblad
John Travolta
as Edna Turnblad
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Velma Von Tussle
Christopher Walken
as Wilbur Turnblad
Amanda Bynes
as Penny Pingleton
James Marsden
as Corny Collins
Queen Latifah
as Motormouth Maybelle
Brittany Snow
as Amber Von Tussle
Zac Efron
as Link Larkin
Elijah Kelley
as Seaweed
Directed by Adam Shankman