Ouch.

David Edelstein hates Andrew Lloyd Weber. With this in mind, you must read his review of Joel Shumacher's filmed adaptation of The Phatom of the Opera.

A few choice quotes:

Did you ever see those impoverished commercials for Broadway shows like Les Miz—the ones that look dinner-theaterish and feature smoke machines, red and blue lighting, and lip-synching, overemoting performers? For all its budgetary riches, this Phantom is about as cinematic.

And:

I'm more inclined to suggest that it be used to entertain the prisoners at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo—at least until Amnesty International gets wind of it.

Yowza.