I have not seen the Broadway play but so many people raved about the movie I decided to see it with a friend. The music was excellent but the movie was incredibly long and boring because the acting was terrible. I felt nothing towards the characters because the actors didn't build a connection with me through the character. The story line is somewhat interesting but I cannot feel any compassion for Rosario Dawnson's character. She gets involved with drugs and suddenly becomes a bum on the street. Maybe it is the actress herself who makes the character unpleasing both vocally and dramatically. Had she not screeched through three numbers I may have enjoyed the feature a bit more. If you don't seriously enjoy it, it will at least be enjoyable when you heckle it.