A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high-school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high-school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high-school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 29 nominations total
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It is definitely cheesy but it's a lovely feel good movie. Despite the movie's cheesiness and how it spoon feeds a lot, it's beautiful and enjoyable due to its nice story and its important cause and life messages. And to me that's more than enough to love and enjoy it. Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman are literally perfect. The colors are catchy and nice, the music is awesome as well. The Prom is a cheesy entertaining beautiful emotional movie. Give it a try.
One of the only movies like this that acknowledges how liberalism doesn't do much to change minds.
It's also not a coming out movie, which is nice, as that has been done too much and doesn't show the true experience.
So, yeah, it's not the best, I'm guessing the musical is better and would be fun to watch. James Corden is kinda annoying, hetero side relationship is boring, it's still kinda forced.
But hell, they finally got queer actors to play queer characters (besides James Corden, seriously, why dude).
I like that the "gay makeover scene" is a gay character dressing a gay character. I like Emma's first song.
My liberal family likes it, so it certainly reaches its audience. I hope it hasn't/doesn't win any awards though.
There are much better, more artistic or unique, less flashy and Hollywood, gay movies out there.
I truly can't understand the people who rated this 1, I mean come on people its really worth more than that! You gotta take this movie for what it is, sure its not the greatest movie of all time but its a heartfelt feelgood movie who just makes you happy. Instead of scoffing James Cordon for his accent laugh with him for it. Its just like Stellan Skarsgårds singing in mamma mia, yet another fun adding to the prom.
Go see this film if you wanna have a good time and escape from reality!
Ps: I have to mention the catchy songs! They have been occupying my mind ever since a saw this.
Go see this film if you wanna have a good time and escape from reality!
Ps: I have to mention the catchy songs! They have been occupying my mind ever since a saw this.
We gay people have been normalised (and that's a very good thing) to the point we can make movies just as bland as straight ones. I guess that's good news.
The Prom is a wonderful, bright musical, great to look at, with a marvelous cast, good music, and an old but so often ignored message - the world is for everyone. Everyone deserves to be who they are.
However, everybody being who they are does not, in my opinion, extend to acting. Acting is playing someone different from yourself - not in all ways all the time, but certainly in some ways. This is why I can't understand the insistence on casting a gay actor as a gay character, referring to the bad reviews James Corden received. Ridiculous. Grow up. He did a great job. I don't know about anybody else's gay friends, but my gay male friends loved him.
If you're sick of hate, and want to feel some optimism about anything (and of this writing, I don't know about anybody else, but I need it) this is the film for you. Take it for what it is. It's not Citizen Kane. It's a typical Ryan Murphy, somewhat campy production. I'm not a particular fan of Ryan Murphy, but I enjoyed this immensely.
However, everybody being who they are does not, in my opinion, extend to acting. Acting is playing someone different from yourself - not in all ways all the time, but certainly in some ways. This is why I can't understand the insistence on casting a gay actor as a gay character, referring to the bad reviews James Corden received. Ridiculous. Grow up. He did a great job. I don't know about anybody else's gay friends, but my gay male friends loved him.
If you're sick of hate, and want to feel some optimism about anything (and of this writing, I don't know about anybody else, but I need it) this is the film for you. Take it for what it is. It's not Citizen Kane. It's a typical Ryan Murphy, somewhat campy production. I'm not a particular fan of Ryan Murphy, but I enjoyed this immensely.
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- TriviaIn one scene, Barry (James Corden) laments the fact that he has not yet won a Tony Award. James Corden is the only member of the film's cast who has actually won a Tony in real life.
- GoofsIn the opening scene, when the Broadway stars watch the story on Twitter about Emma, Principal Hawkins is identified in the news broadcast on TV as "Principal, Edgewater High School." The name of the school in the rest of the movie is James Madison High School.
- Quotes
Principal Hawkins: Straight people like Broadway too.
Dee Dee Allen: I've heard that. Always thought it was a fairy tale.
- Crazy creditsThe characters have Prom photographs part-way through the end credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Failed Oscar Bait Movies of 2020 (2021)
- SoundtracksChanging Lives
Written by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin
Produced by Adam Anders, Peer Astrom and Ryan Murphy
Performed by Meryl Streep and James Corden
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- Also known as
- The Prom: Vũ Hội Tốt Nghiệp
- Filming locations
- Orpheum Theater - 842 South Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(as the Shubert Theatre in New York for the show "Eleanor")
- Production companies
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- Gross worldwide
- $187,430
- Runtime2 hours 10 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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