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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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Sam Adams Slate 21h
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 1d
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 David Ehrlich IndieWire 4d
C+
The bits that hit are well-supported, and the ones that don’t are so elegantly suffused into the movie’s cockeyed atmosphere that they tend not to leave any dead air in their wake. Go to Full Review Ema Sasic Next Best Picture 21h
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 Sean P. Means The Movie Cricket 1d
2/4
Done right, we would leave the theater laughing … , like we’ve just seen the 21st century version of "Springtime for Hitler." Unfortunately, Bonilla and Heller don’t deliver, and the stick of dynamite they’ve lit turns out to be a damp squib. Go to Full Review Roberto Tyler Ortiz Geek Vibes Nation 1d
4.5/10
Maybe it should’ve been called Spite: The Musical after all. 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