Have just spoken to my son who has seen the stage version three times. He saw the film last night and reckons, like Jules, that the film is even better, he was raving about it.
I saw the film this week and thought it was wonderful, can't compare it to anything else, jus wonderful.
There was a lot of sniffing going on in the audience...nothing to do with colds...so a lot of people do find it very moving, I didn't personally, I just found it totally compelling.
Something else that happened is that a lot of the audience applauded, half way through and at the end, what's that all about?? I applaud a live show to show my appreciation. Given this was a film, it did make me wonder...