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The Musical

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A disgruntled theater teacher takes down the school by producing the most inappropriate middle school musical imaginable.

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Liz Shannon Miller Consequence 2d
B-
It never feels like director Giselle Bonilla and writer Alexander Heller want us to think of Doug as a heroic figure, but he's an unlikeable enough presence that it's hard to be sure of their intentions. Go to Full Review Sam Adams Slate 3d
Alexander Heller’s screenplay is too broad for the comedy to cut as deep as it wants to, but Brill’s performance has acid in it as well as bile, a self-lacerating edge that’s just slightly more fascinating than it is repellent. Go to Full Review Bilge Ebiri New York Magazine/Vulture 3d
For all its simple, primary-color narrative, The Musical captures something authentic about the all-consuming, world-destroying power of resentment. Go to Full Review Cory Woodroof For the Win at USA Today 17h
The Musical is a nasty little spitfire of a comedy, a dastardly wedgie suited to offend your senses without much room to wiggle. Go to Full Review Marta Medina Pérez mundoCine 1d
3/6
The superpower of The Musical is the element of surprise. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Ema Sasic Next Best Picture 3d
5/10
Despite some occasional humor and welcome messiness, "The Musical" doesn’t give us much else to chew on. There isn’t much character development or any real sense of lessons learned, unless the overarching theme is to let angry, toxic men cook. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Giselle Bonilla

Director

Will Brill

Actor

Gillian Jacobs

Actor

Rob Lowe

Actor

Michael Strassner

Actor

Alexander Heller

Screenwriter
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The Musical

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Movie Info

Synopsis A disgruntled theater teacher takes down the school by producing the most inappropriate middle school musical imaginable.
Director
Giselle Bonilla
Producer
Rob Lowe, Greg Lauritano, Alexander Heller, Findlay Brown, Jordan Backhus
Screenwriter
Alexander Heller
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 27m