It's hard to make any determination about their acting skills based on this movie, but they can all sing to one degree or another. The trio who eventually got the lead roles are relative unknowns: Gerard Butler is the Phantom (his largest previous role was as "the Stranger" in Dear Frankie) Emmy Rossum (the dead daughter in Mystic River) is Christine and Patrick Wilson is Raoul. As originally conceived in 1990, it was to star Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman (the original Broadway performers), but those two long since departed, along with many other names, including Antonio Banderas. This film underwent a lot of iterations before finally making it to the screen. The tale of the Phantom is softened considerably in an attempt to keep things from becoming too depressing. Truth be told, I am not fond of Lloyd Webber's style of music, and The Phantom of the Opera suffers from a multitude of problems, not the least of which are poor writing and an uneasy marriage between a gothic setting and big-production musical numbers. I have never been a fan of Andrew Lloyd Webber's phenomenally popular stage musical version of The Phantom of the Opera, so it will probably come as no surprise that the film adaptation, which is faithful to its inspiration, left me feeling underwhelmed.
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