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(2020) (Meryl Streep, James Corden) (PG-13)

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- QUICK TAKE:
- Musical: A quartet of narcissistic Broadway performers travel to a small Indiana town in hopes of rehabbing their public personas by protesting the local PTA's decision to call off the prom due to one lesbian student wanting to attend.
- PLOT:
Things aren't going great for 17-year-old Emma Nolan (JO ELLEN PELLMAN), a high school student in Edgewater, Indiana. Having recently come out as a lesbian, her desire to attend her school's prom has caused PTA president Mrs. Greene (KERRY WASHINGTON) to call off that event, much to the chagrin of Principal Tom Hawkins (KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY). What none of the adults know is that Emma's girlfriend is none other than Mrs. Green's teenage daughter, Alyssa (ARIANA DeBOSE).
Nor do they realize that their town is about to be invaded by a quartet of narcissistic Broadway performers. Two-time Tony winner Dee Dee Allen (MERYL STREEP) and her co-star, Barry Glickman (JAMES CORDEN), are coming off scathing reviews for their latest musical, while former sitcom star turned Broadway actor Trent Oliver (ANDREW RANNELLS) now works as a bartender and chorus line performer Angie Dickinson (NICOLE KIDMAN) is tired of never being noticed.
Needing a way to rehabilitate their public personas, they decide to look for an easy cause they can support and come across the story about Emma and her prom being canceled. Arriving in a way that only pompous Broadway performers could, the quartet storm the PTA meeting and realize they're up against a bunch of homophobic parents whose kids think the same way about Emma. Determined not to fail for both Emma and themselves, the performers do what they can to try to make the prom happen and allow Emma to attend.
- WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
- They might if they're fans of movies based on Broadway musicals or of anyone in the cast.
- WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13
- For thematic elements, some suggestive/sexual references and language.
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