![]() ![]() In the film, the Paris Opera house has become the "Opéra Populaire," which is the perfect label for Lord Lloyd Webber's "Phantom" in both its stage and celluloid incarnations. ![]() Schumacher, whose films have ranged from the much-reviled "Batman and Robin" and "Batman Forever" to well-rendered Grisham adaptations ("The Client," "A Time to Kill"), has made every effort to ensure that the "Phantom" phenomenon's uber-kitsch remains shamelessly intact. (Of course the phans have their own agenda, and while some are enthusiastic about the new-fangled "Phantom," other purists are still outraged that Michael Crawford, the star of the original Broadway production and now 62, does not play the lead.)Įverything about the Broadway musical, which has run since 1988 (second only to "Cats"), has literally set the standard for over-the-top. (Actually eight separate stages at the famous Pinewood Studios, outside London.)ĭepending on one's Lloyd Webber tolerance level, and there are legions of diehard "phans," the lavish-looking movie will either feel like a gaudily wrapped Christmas present or evince Grinch-like disdain. If Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical "Phantom of the Opera" is a chestnut, Joel Schumacher's new film is a chestnut flamboyantly roasting on a backlot fire.
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