The Prom
Netflix | Release Date: December 4, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
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Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
13
Negative:
5
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The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerDec 1, 2020
On stage, the contrivances might seem less glaring (although the songs truly are terrible). As a movie, The Prom is all-star, feel-good, zazzy nonsense. Long after Murphy’s film drops its cutesy cynicism, it still manages to accidentally produce a damning indictment of Broadway phoniness. Read full review
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Vanity FairRichard LawsonDec 1, 2020
The Prom is a shellacked lump of Hollywood product, all canned fabulousness—including Corden’s noxious mugging—and none of the difficult, awe-inspiring technicality that makes musical performance truly snap and sing with theater’s scrappy magic. Read full review
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Boston GlobeTy BurrDec 4, 2020
One hundred and thirty-two minutes of shrill, self-satisfied jazz hands, The Prom may be the biggest disappointment of the season. Read full review
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Entertainment WeeklyMary SollosiDec 1, 2020
Some of the songs have charm. The cast is undeniably talented. But ultimately, the film has way too much in common with the egomaniacs at its center: It poses for an undeniably good cause, but its greater purpose is to collect the credit for having done it. Read full review
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ConsequenceLauren J. CoatesDec 2, 2020
The Prom would be glitzy, high energy, and for the most part, harmless — if not for James Corden’s laughably cliched performance, and the film’s inability to figure out which narrative should take priority. Read full review
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