Hairspray

Oh yeah. This is the return of the movie musical. It is a lot of fun- as any John Waters based creation would be. There is a formerly unknown actress playing the lead of Tracy. And what a lead she is- like Totie Fields singing on crack. Never mind that she will take her cute little roly poly self back to anonymity. John Travolta has a mystifying role as Tracy's mother. I know it is tradition for that role to be played by a man, but Travolta looks entirely too comfortable as this woman. The goofy Christopher Walken is the dad and the rather vapid Amanda Bynes is the best friend. It is cute and clever and the music is great. It makes everyone who sees it walk out happy- despite the overuse of botox by Michelle Pfeiffer, which is rather depressing. Awwww, go see it then get the CD and have fun singing along.