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The Greatest Showman

20171h 45mDrama
directed by Michael Gracey

“The impossible comes true.”

5.6 / 10 Compare with…9 stills

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5.6 / 10
TMDB
7.9 / 10
10,094 votes
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7.5 / 10
342,749 votes
Metacritic
48 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
56%

The scorecard 5.6 / 10

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Synopsis

The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Cast

Hugh Jackman·P. T. Barnum
Zac Efron·Phillip Carlyle
Michelle Williams·Charity Barnum
Rebecca Ferguson·Jenny Lind
Zendaya·Anne Wheeler
Keala Settle·Lettie Lutz
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II·W. D. Wheeler
Natasha Liu Bordizzo·Deng Yan
Paul Sparks·James Gordon Bennett
Sam Humphrey·Charles Stratton

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