HAIRSPRAY
5 out of 5 stars

edna turnblad: [singing] you can't stop my happiness, 'cuz i like the way i am. and you just can't stop my knife and fork when i see a Christmas ham! and if you don't like the way i look, then i just don't give a damn!


probably known as the 2007 GAY FAVE MOVIE OF THE YEAR, just b/c of zac efron! (i mean, does it really come as a surprise?) LOVED this movie, as i sang along to ALL the numbers... ;)

we start off in baltimore, 1962! (good morning, baltimore!) tracy turnblad is a plump yet perky high school girl who cares about nothing but the corny collins show. she and her BFF penny (amanda bynes in pigtails) watch the show everyday, and she's in love with link larkin (zac efron doing his best young elvis impersonation), one of the stars on the show. her mother, edna (john travolta is his BEST role YET!) is a laundress and completely opposed to the fact tracy listens and dances to this so-called "music." so when tracy impresses corny collins into getting her a spot on the show, edna is shocked... (along with the racist station manager velma von tussle AKA skinny bitch michelle pfeiffer) everyone is even more shocked when tracy blabs on TV that she's for integration (since baltimore is still racially divided then), and the songs just take you on a musical trip to a GRAND finale!

two words make this movie AWESOME: JOHN TRAVOLTA. i don't think i've ever seen him have this much fun in a role since grease! he sure knows how to move in that 30 lb. fat suit as well as move like a LADY... everyone else seems to feed off of that energy b/c james marden, christopher walken, even queen latifah get into the spirit of the music and put on quite a show! BEST SCENES: ALL the numbers esp. edna, corny collins, link larkin, and motormouth maybelle, the big finale @ the end (you can't stop the BEEEAT!), lil' arnez, detention (dance) hall, and jerry stiller as mr. pinky! even if you weren't into the singing/dancing, just watch this for the allstar cast from hollywood teenage wetdream heaven come to life... :)