Marc Shaiman and Chris Wittman's score sparkles and the film's production design and appearance remain faithful to Waters' vision of 1960's Baltimore.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 10, 2020

The latest version is just as good, if not better, with an infectious soundtrack and an all-star cast that precisely hits every note. This is easily the most entertaining major studio release of 2007.

| Nov 21, 2019

Nikki Blonsky is a complete delight.

| Original Score: A | Jun 18, 2019

The songs by composer Marc Shaiman and lyricist Scott Whitman are big, bold and deliriously infectious, the kind of music that leaves you wanting to stand up and shout, or at least get up and dance.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 6, 2019

This film leaps at you with such joy and vigour and generosity you cannot reject it.

| Aug 23, 2018

If any movie musical could threaten the standing of retro favourite Grease, it's this one.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 4, 2013

Director-choreographer Adam Shankman has come up with one of the purest entertainments of the summer.

| Aug 4, 2013

It pays respect to the original while also carving its own image as a truly good musical.

| Sep 8, 2012

Much as Hairspray serves as a showcase for the effervescent charms of newcomer Blonsky, its greatest trick is to revitalise the careers of a few old Hollywood faithfuls.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 14, 2011

In alchemy the transmuting of materials between forms distills them to their purest elements. In film, the opposite is true. The more iterations, the more muddled things get. Hairspray is good at what it does but not everything it does is good.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Mar 22, 2011

The script is full of anachronisms, but Hairspray's sense of history delivers a needed spritz in the face.

| Jul 6, 2010

Much of the fun comes from director-choreographer Adam Shankman's happy acceptance of musical staples

| Aug 27, 2009

Shankman's crassly theatrical attenuation of Hairspray only draws gay culture away from a moment of American history with which it ought to have a great deal in common

| Aug 8, 2009

For a star-studded big-budget musical, Hairspray does a nice job of retaining the funky sweetness of the original.

| Oct 18, 2008

I will confess that Travolta totally turned me around. A mountain of a woman in his female fat suit, he commits 150% to the role.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 23, 2008

The most refreshing and enjoyable musical of this century%u2014Hairspray.

| Jul 22, 2008

Even if the new Hairspray seems a welcome return to camp for Travolta, his mock seriousness is as frozen as ever.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jul 10, 2008

The film works best for me when they are making fun of the racial climate of the 1960s.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 3, 2008

An amazing cast sings and dances across the screen with such flair and passion its completely infectious.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 2, 2008

Caso tivesse 20 minutos e alguns números musicais a menos, Hairspray poderia ser uma surpresa tão divertida quanto o original (que tampouco é um clássico). Inchado como ficou, porém, é apenas um passatempo pouco memorável.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 16, 2008