I love the comments about "Brief Encounter", a couple of friends and I years ago, had the occasional "Brief Encounter" afternoons, watch the film, have a pot of tea and a scone or two and then practice our very best cut glass vowels and British stiff upper lips before collapsing into undignified heaps. Even my mother would utter about the film, bearing in mind it was her era, "awful acting, stilted dialogue and did anyone actually speak like that?" although she did admit liking the Rachmaninov's something or other piano concerto. I think Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse were brilliant at doing flickering black and white parodies from those bygone times where everyone knew their place and class 
Haven't see "The Greatest Showman" I know it's a bit Marmite. Was there ever a film that was hyped up like "La La Land"? all the best bits are in the trailer, the rest is just so...........meh!