2007 · comedy · romance · drama
Hairspray
Directed by Adam Shankman1h 56m2007
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.
Our read: Hairspray (2007) reads as a cosy, steady, inventive comedy · romance · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle comedy / romance, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- inventive
- tender
- funny
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How Hairspray feels to watch.
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