25 Modern Musicals That Matter, Ranked
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Jessica Learish, for Metacritic
– October 25, 2016
The upcoming release of La La Land starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling is creating a ton of buzz around the world of musicals.
From Motown to glam rock and hip-hop, we’ve ranked 25 of the best musicals released from 1975-2016 by their unique Metascore.
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photo by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
A small-town band makes it big with one enormous hit, only to see its fame fall to pieces. The movie launched the band’s song, also titled “That Thing You Do,” to commercial success. This was Tom Hanks’s first feature film as director.
“It looks at the invention of our pop-rock mythology, and the bands that fed it until they were consumed by it, just as you'd expect Tom Hanks to: with open eyes (and a raised eyebrow).” —Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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