I had high hopes for this movie. I was a fan of early Take That and watched the TV Reality Show "Let It Shine" which preceded the stage version of this movie.
In watching, it just didn't gel. The story wasn't fully fleshed out, the premise had promise, but it never followed through. The music, for the most part, seemed to get in the way. There was a huge potential for nostalgia and we never got that. Aside from the throwback reveal at the end of act 2, I was never anxious to see how the story progressed.
The main cast were good. "The Boys" lacked the charisma of believable pop idols. The performances of most of the songs were flat. The thing I look forward to the most about a jukebox musical is the energy of familiar songs, but they all seemed to just act as background music.
It's an OK Sunday afternoon watch but it doesn't have the feel good vibes or the musical energy that I was hoping for. I'd long wanted to see the stage musical but now I'm really not bothered about it.
In watching, it just didn't gel. The story wasn't fully fleshed out, the premise had promise, but it never followed through. The music, for the most part, seemed to get in the way. There was a huge potential for nostalgia and we never got that. Aside from the throwback reveal at the end of act 2, I was never anxious to see how the story progressed.
The main cast were good. "The Boys" lacked the charisma of believable pop idols. The performances of most of the songs were flat. The thing I look forward to the most about a jukebox musical is the energy of familiar songs, but they all seemed to just act as background music.
It's an OK Sunday afternoon watch but it doesn't have the feel good vibes or the musical energy that I was hoping for. I'd long wanted to see the stage musical but now I'm really not bothered about it.