Jo Ellen Pellman (left) and Ariana Debose in a scene from The Prom, directed by Ryan Murphy and co-starring Meryl Streep. Photo: Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix. Jo Ellen Pellman (left) and Ariana Debose in a scene from The Prom, directed by Ryan Murphy and co-starring Meryl Streep. Photo: Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix.
Jo Ellen Pellman (left) and Ariana Debose in a scene from The Prom, directed by Ryan Murphy and co-starring Meryl Streep. Photo: Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix.
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Netflix movie review: The Prom – Meryl Streep, James Corden light up Ryan Murphy’s feel-good musical

  • Film is based on the Broadway musical inspired by a true-life incident when a gay teenager was banned from bringing her girlfriend to the prom
  • Streep and Cordon impress as Broadway actors who come out in support of the gay couple and to help drum up good publicity for themselves

Topic |   American films
James Mottram

Updated: 7:09pm, 11 Dec, 2020

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Jo Ellen Pellman (left) and Ariana Debose in a scene from The Prom, directed by Ryan Murphy and co-starring Meryl Streep. Photo: Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix. Jo Ellen Pellman (left) and Ariana Debose in a scene from The Prom, directed by Ryan Murphy and co-starring Meryl Streep. Photo: Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix.
Jo Ellen Pellman (left) and Ariana Debose in a scene from The Prom, directed by Ryan Murphy and co-starring Meryl Streep. Photo: Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix.
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