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Hamilton (2020)

PG-13 07/03/2020 (US) History, Drama 2h 40m

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Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.

Thomas Kail

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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Writer

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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Alexander Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr.

Aaron Burr
Renée Elise Goldsberry

Angelica Schuyler
Phillipa Soo

Eliza Hamilton
Daveed Diggs

Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson
Christopher Jackson

George Washington
Jasmine Cephas Jones

Peggy Schuyler / Maria Reynolds
Okieriete Onaodowan

Hercules Mulligan / James Madison
Anthony Ramos

John Laurens / Philip Hamilton
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A review by sykobanana

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Written by sykobanana on July 6, 2020

A Disappointment

This is a musical not made for people outside of the USA. I had to watch the thing again and wiki Hamilton to try to figure out who was who except for some of the bigger names.

Going by the poster, this is was meant to be some attempted rise to fame of Harry Potter in Hollywood.
The casting was varied, which is great generally, but not representative of history (noone looked like what they should have).
Historical themes seemed to be swapped around and added in for convenience-sake.
Some performances were good, Soo, Groff and Diggs, whilst others (MIranda - w... read the rest.

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