Hairspray (2007)

Though there are many different types of movies musicals are my absolute favorite. Hairspray is one of the few that I could watch all day over and over again. It has many important messages such as how segregation was wrong and that we should be able to interact, love,  and socialize with whomever we please. It also teaches girls that you don't have to be the "perfect " girl with the "model size" body and "perfect looks" to get the "popular" guy. Hairspray is a 2007 American musical film based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John Waters's 1988 comedy film of the same name. Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the film follows the "pleasantly plump" teenager Tracy Turnblad as she pursues stardom as a dancer on a local TV show and rallies against racial segregation. Hairspray went on to become the sixth highest grossing musical film in US cinema history, behind the film adaptations of Grease,Chicago, and Mamma Mia!,^[5] and stands as one of the most critically and commercially successful musical films of the last decade. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairspray_(2007_film)