Glee The Concert Movie

At its best, it's joyful, uplifting and even, occasionally, moving. And at its worst, it's a propaganda piece designed to win our undying loyalty to a TV show/cash cow that advocates for the little guy even though it's clearly turned into a diva. Full Review

It's a celebration of nerd pride in all its many-feathered glory. Full Review

Part of Glee's charm has always been its innocent amateurishness, its just-folks aura. The live show clings to that conceit - with some pyrotechnics thrown in. Full Review

As for the concert itself, it's a generically big, loud, overchoreographed, over-mic'ed, post-Madonna production. Full Review

The movie plays like an evangelical prayer meeting, though I'd hold the hallelujahs. The characters we came to admire as vulnerable misfits hit the stage like visiting royalty and with a nonstop perkiness that makes the Von Trapps look like manic-depressives. Full Review