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Hairspray Live!
“You can't stop the beat!”
73%
Movie
2h 0m
AI Analysis
Hairspray Live! (2016) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Hairspray Live! (2016) — a movie tagged as Romance, Comedy, and Drama with funny, nostalgic, and emotional moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~120 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Hairspray Live! 73% (167 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
AI verdict
Hairspray Live! is a film worth prioritising when you want something with solid community ratings — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
Preview on this device: 37% match — Matches your tearjerker mood + drama. Sign in to save your profile across devices.
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TMDb audience score
73%
from 167 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2016-12-07
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- TMDB rating
- 7.3
- TMDB ID
- 409447
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Is there an official trailer for Hairspray Live!?
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What is Hairspray Live! about?
A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
Is there an AI analysis for Hairspray Live!?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie Hairspray Live!?
The official runtime for Hairspray Live! is approximately 120 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Cast
Maddie Baillio
Tracy Turnblad
Dove Cameron
Amber Von Tussle
Kristin Chenoweth
Velma Von Tussle
Ariana Grande
Penny Pingleton
Garrett Clayton
Link Larkin
Harvey Fierstein
Edna Turnblad
Derek Hough
Corny Collins
Jennifer Hudson
Motormouth Maybelle
Martin Short
Wilbur Turnblad
Ephraim Sykes
Seaweed J. Stubbs
Paul Vogt
Mr. Harriman F. Spritzer
Shahadi Wright Joseph
Little Inez
Billy Eichner
Rob Barker
Sean Hayes
Mr. Pinky
Andrea Martin
Prudy Pingleton
Rosie O'Donnell
Gym Teacher
Ricki Lake
Pinkette
Marissa Jaret Winokur
Pinkette
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