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From: The Sunday Telegraph London
Date: 20060129
Author:ANNE BILLSON

What fun it would have been to have annoyed high-minded friends by describing The Phantom of the Opera (Sunday, Sky Movies 2, 8- 10.25pm) as an unexpected delight. Alas, the film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical is unlikely to sway the unconverted. If I hadn't known that director Joel Schumacher had once worked as a window-dresser, I would surely have guessed it from the way he gives fussy costume and set design precedence over things like action, emotion and storytelling. And this version of Gaston Leroux's story leaves too many questions unanswered. Is the Phantom a surrogate ...

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