在这部马戏之王剧情/传记/歌舞片中,《马戏之王》取材自真人真事，好莱坞全能巨星休·杰克曼在片中饰演“马戏团鼻祖”、传奇人物P.T.巴纳姆。故事讲述了身处社会底层的巴纳姆依靠自己无穷想象力和锲而不舍的精神，从经营博物馆到一手开创世界上第一家马戏团的故事。巴纳姆的奇思妙想最开始并不被大众所认可，几乎没人花钱欣赏，他的家人好友帮他度过一次次绝境。在经历了一系列挫折、与合作伙伴的分歧之后，秉持梦想的他终于成为全美甚至全世界最为知名的“造梦大师”。
Orphaned, penniless but ambitious and with a mind crammed with imagination and fresh ideas, the American Phineas Taylor Barnum will always be remembered as the man with the gift to effortlessly blur the line between reality and fiction. Thirsty for innovation and hungry for success, the son of a tailor will manage to open a wax museum but will soon shift focus to the unique and peculiar, introducing extraordinary, never-seen-before live acts on the circus stage. Some will call Barnum's wide collection of oddities, a freak show; however, when the obsessed showman gambles everything on the opera singer Jenny Lind to appeal to a high-brow audience, he will somehow lose sight of the most important aspect of his life: his family. Will Barnum risk it all to be accepted?
作为观众 我承认我的心理很阴暗了。科普:历史上的“马戏之王”P.T. 巴纳姆。当身边所有人都觉得马戏之王不如爱乐之城的时候，我一怒之下决定写篇影评。。A great show for the worst showman。请很爱歌舞片的朋友一定不要错过（“不要听影评人瞎胡扯”系列）。好莱坞要是办春晚，这部电影肯定是压轴节目。这场秀我给五星。别整天佛系了，大过年的难道不该唱唱歌、跳跳舞？。一场人性的狂欢。我偏爱音乐歌舞片，但还是不喜欢《马戏之王》。
