Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pheiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow |
| Director |
Adam Shankman |
| Screenplay | Leslie Dixon, based on the screenplay by John Waters and musical by Mark O'Donnell |
| Music | Marc Shaiman |
| Cinematography | Bojan Bazelli |
| Editing | Michael Tronick |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Gabriel Simon Production Services, Storyline Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners, New Line Cinema |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large
| Genre | Musical, comedy |
| Language | Mild |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Mild, infrequent |
| Violence | Low impact, comic, infrequent |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | This movie deals with themes that have to do with stereotypes. It addresses issues of black/white prejudice and accepted beauty standards that relate to fat/thin issues. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  The film is bright and campy and feel-good without descending into sacharine simpering. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Sonette Lombaard Dis pure, uitbundige pret. | 15 | |
| Cape Times Carina Chocano Cast makes Hairspray a smasheroo. | 15 | |
| Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal | 12 |  |
| The Citizen Bruce Dennill Has all the pizzazz and glitter you'd expect from a top-flight musical. | 16 | |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge It's a tuneful, feel-good romp with terrific musical numbers performed by a stellar cast. It's the fun-epic of the year. | 15 | |
| 24.com Megan Kakora Musicals might not be everybody's cup of tea, but Hairspray is a delight to watch. Everybody has to see it, at least once. | 15 | |
| BBC Stella Papamichael A combustible mix of sassy humour and brassy showtunes makes Hairspray one of the hottest musicals to come along in years. | 20 | |
| Box Office Chad Greene Despite Travolta's turn as a Turnblad, Hairspray is anything but a drag | 15 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Hairspray is just plain fun. | 18 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson With its sass, wit and smarts, it shines brighter than most of this summer's studio fare. | 10 |  |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli While no one would accuse Hairspray of occupying the upper echelon of movie musicals, it's an entertaining diversion. | 15 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Hairspray earns knockout status for its humor, heart and high spirits. | 18 | |
| ScreenItPerhaps not quite as much overall fun as the Broadway version but still quite entertaining and enjoyable, Hairspray is near perfectly coiffed as a bit of fluffy summer escapism with some messages nicely arranged into the do. | 14 | |
| Metacritic.com 37 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 161 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer An energetic, wholly entertaining musical romp. | 19 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 5134 Netizens A Total Ten | 16 | |
Average .. 78% | 16 | |