This took me forever to finish. I started watching it before seeing The Secret Agent, and it provided a lot of additional color to that film. But had I gotten further in, I would've seen the real Mr Alexandre, as well as the blood bank. Missed opportunity there.

Really fell off fast, which is a shame. It even repeats a number of jokes from the prior entry.

Probably the best screen adaptation of a stage musical I've seen thus far. The dual nature of stage performance and “realistic” drama allows this to deliver many of the pleasures of stage performances while still taking advantage of the more elaborate staging/sets of a film.

Particular highs: the difference in audio quality within a single song when it switches between the stage-world and the real-world. All the excellent usage of mirrors and practical effects in the stage-world.