Phantom of the Opera Review

The Phantom of the Opera movie produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber was a flopped attempt at creating a live stage musical version on film. His first and major flaw was casting Butler as Phantom. Butler could NOT sing. His has no singing ability what so ever. He would never have been casted for the musical stage version - so why ruin the movie version with this sap? Webber cast Emmy Rossum as Christine - a nice fit, although a little young. Her facial expression never changes throughout the movie. A deer in the headlights if you will. Patrick WIlson - Raoul - was the only TRUE Broadway performer in this film and it shows. A perfect match, yet tragic that he had to 'act' with these other members of the unfortunate cast.

Oddly enough, Mme Giry (Miranda Richardson) was the ONLY person in the movie that had a silly accent. Keep in mind, the move takes place in PARIS FRANCE, she was the only one that had an outrageous accent! Everyone else spoke like they were from North America.

Do yourself a favour - go see the LIVE version instead. Dont waste your time, money, or head space watching this drivel.