The Phantom Of The Opera (2004) 6/10

Starring : Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver
Director : Joel Schumacher
Running Time : 142 mins

When a mysterious ghostly figure haunts a French Opera House, causing havoc to the cast and crew, lead soprano Carlotta Giudicelli (Driver) quits the show, fearing for her life. Taking her place is young chorus girl Christine Daae (Rossum), who has been secretly tutored by The Phantom (Butler), a hideously disfigured man who hides beneath the opera house, who has been staging accidents and mishaps with the aim of boosting Christine into a lead role. But when Christine falls in love with the Vicomte de Chagny – a man named Raoul (Wilson) – The Phantom becomes jealous and kidnaps Christine in order to make her his bride.

For the first time the musical version of The Phantom Of The Opera is brought to the big screen. There have been other non-musical versions, but it is interesting to get to see how this would play out in the West End. The singers are able, the sets are reasonable, and Minnie Driver adds a little humour, but sadly the majority of the cast – specifically the three leads – have very little personality and make this a slightly dull movie to watch.

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