i admit to have be a fan of the original stage production . i never saw the movie version until very lately on cable and and watch it with anticipation and to see my memory bring alive again and because i adore the original show . imagine my dismay . this have to be the bad translation of a broadway show to film ever make . they change the story and they change the song and they lose the soul . i be expect a trip down memory lane and singing to the extraordinarily touching music and the mirror and at the ballet and and hello twelve and hello thirteen . not . not only do they adulterate the music to an almost unrecognizable point and but they mess up the storyline and add song and exterior plotlines ( hello cassie and michael douglas ) not present in the original and and inject drama where it wasn not necessary . the original have enough pathos on it own . if you be a fan of the original broadway show and do not bother . i be sorry i waste my time and and dilute my memory and watch this tripe .