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Hairspray

Based on the hit Tony-award winning stage musical, itself based on a 1988 film, Hairspray is set back in the 1960s, a time of racial tension. Our heroine is a young plumpish girl with a love for dance. She dreams of appearing on a popular television show, and makes it through the auditions. The audiences love her, and she becomes a regular, where, much to her surprise, she finds herself embroiled in efforts to bring blacks onto the show.

113 minutes, Parental Guidance
Comedy, Musical.

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Credits
Cast	Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pheiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow
Director	Adam Shankman
Screenplay	Leslie Dixon, based on the screenplay by John Waters and musical by Mark O'Donnell
Music	Marc Shaiman
Cinematography	Bojan Bazelli
Editing	Michael Tronick
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2007
Produced by	Gabriel Simon Production Services, Storyline Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners, New Line Cinema
SA Distributor	Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Musical, comedy
Language	Mild
Nudity	None
Sex	Mild, infrequent
Violence	Low impact, comic, infrequent
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	This movie deals with themes that have to do with stereotypes. It addresses issues of black/white prejudice and accepted beauty standards that relate to fat/thin issues.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	15
Cape TimesCarina Chocano	15
The CitizenBruce Dennill	16
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	15
24.comMegan Kakora	15
International Media
BBC (UK)Stella Papamichael	20
Box Office (USA)Chad Greene	15
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	18
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson	10
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	15
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	18
ScreenIt (USA)	14
Metacritic.com37 critics	16
RottenTomatoes.com161 critics	16
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	19
Internet (IMDB)5134 Netizens	16

Average .. 79%	15

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