irishm I had never heard of this show 20-some years ago when I went with friends to see a local amateur production because their son played one of the brothers. The witty lyrics, the catchy tunes, the sheer creativity of throwing all those different musical styles together in the same show… wow. I went right out and bought the soundtrack.Then I saw this version in the TV listings and my first thought was: oh no, NOT Donny Osmond. Well, I'm still not a fan of his, really, but I thought he was absolutely perfect as Joseph. In fact, I'm not an Andrew Lloyd Webber devotee either, but that doesn't stop me from loving this show. The whole thing was fabulous, all of the casting choices (with the exception of Joan Collins… ugh) were perfect, and it's so entertaining I've probably seen it 20 times. I even recommended it to my elderly father, who is religious enough to require kind of a heads-up disclaimer for something like this that treats a Bible story with less than straight- faced reverence… he enjoyed it so much he bought the DVD.Highly recommend, but if you have little kids you might want to preview it to make sure the costumes are something you're okay with… some of them are a bit skimpy, but being child-free myself it wasn't a concern.

johnstonjames i've always felt that music was the best way to proselytize the Christian Bible. rather than seeming scary or intimidating(it sometimes is) music gives it a softer touch and gives it the feel of 'the good book' concept we are taught in Sunday school. you catch more flies with honey...or something like that.that's pretty much what this film is. Sunday school for children. adults can enjoy it's youthful exuberance too, but there is absolutely nothing racy or edgy about it in anyway.one reviewer here, who liked the show, thought the costumes were too revealing for young people. nice she liked the show but...ARE YOU CRAZY?!!! have you ever seen a Ballet? wake up!in Ballet theater the dancers wear tights and often what may seem revealing to anyone that has no culture. the outfits in 'Joseph' are not risqué in any way at all. anyone saying that has obviously never been to any real theater. the Bible does not say Christians should be poorly educated and repressed. i mean really, your lack of culture is showing with that one. this is wonderful wholesome entertainment and should be seen by families at Easter time. great film. GREAT COSTUMES.

Sam_Youno "Joseph" is probably Andrew Lloyd Webber's best show, because it's intentionally derivative, and everything else he's written has been unintentionally derivative. Take one calypso number, one country number, one French-bistro number, etc., et al., and you've got a hit! Throw in an astonishingly illiterate script ("Famine's hand will stalk the land" -- how's that for a mixed metaphor?), and you've got a mega-hit.I did, to my surprise, like Donny Osmond in "Joseph." Ain't enough. The overwhelming unoriginality, tedious score and 2d-grade libretto easily make it one of the worst musicals ever.As Tim Rice candidly stated in an interview, "The best line in the show was the list of the colours in Joseph's coat. And I didn't even write that."

Xander Seavy (RiffRaffMcKinley) Ooh, I've got a brilliant idea: let's cast some of the worst performers ever to star in one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most (literally) god-awful shows of all time! Apparently, for some sick reason, it worked. Ian McNeice is the only worthy member of this terrible cast. And the songs are horrible. No, Joseph. We won't do what you say. And any dream will not do. Especially in a horribly cheesy show that features a chorus of creepy little children who harmonize against Donny Osmond's dreadful singing. A massively saccharine show that features an Elvis-impersonating Pharaoh and Joan Collins (I'm sorry, why?!) This is undoubtedly Webber's worst score after "Cats" and before "Phantom of the Opera," and with this staging, this untalented direction, and woefully overdone... everything... "Dreamcoat" makes you want to be strangled with that Coat of Many Colors. Victims of stoning have more fun than this.