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Summary: The damn thing WORKS!
Review: First off, I've been one of this show's biggest fans since the '70's, but am not a huge fan of the "concert version" currently on Broadway. For years I've thought that this would be fun to see, but doubted that it could work since the only director that I've thought made this style of show translate was the late great Bob Fosse (CABARET). He, of course, was the driving force behind the original production. I just didn't think, even when they were talking the likes of Madonna, Rosie O'Donell (both would have been good, probably) that this theatrical style would work on film.Imagine my surprise when Rob Marshall did the most shocking thing possible for a film director of a stage musical...he trusted the damn material!!! ***Gasp!!!** He didn't od the "let's open it up" or "lets simplify it like the revival" thing, but put the show onstage and it worked like gangbusters. The cast is perfect. With all the compliments (deserved) that the 4 leads get, don't forget some of the other terrific performers John C. Reilley, Taye Diggs, and Christine Baransky (although I did miss having that great bit of having Mary Sunshine being exposed as a drag queen, but that wouldn't have translated. Plus that great cameo...VIVA CHITA RIVERA! What a great tip-o'-the hat to the original. After the whetting of the appetite for musicals that this and MOULON ROUGE gave us, how about some more of the B'way greats undiscovered for some reason or another by the rest of the country...where's CITY OF ANGELS and ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY?
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Summary: technicaly the worse movie ever
Review: I went to see this movie and into it for the first 20 min or so then i kept seeing somthing at the top of the screen that had we wondering. and then again i saw it. it was the michophone boom droping into the shot. now i was a little suprised to see that . i thought it would only be in those two scenes but again it kept comminh back. in the coutroom it looksed like richard wwas about to get hit on the head with it. and it was not hidden at all. the shots should have been reshot. i find it funny that not mony other proplr want to admit that it was in the shots. just watch the dvd when it comes out you will agree it shoul not be getting all the press it has been getting. it was like watching a high school film class movie with big names.
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Summary: It'll Leave You Razzel Dazzeled
Review: I swear to all you people that this is the best musical, wait..this is the best movie I have ever seen! It's so awesome! The whole cast did such a wonderful job. I was really hoping that Renee Zellweger would get the Oscar. She was robbed, I absolutely HaTeD The Hours, it was such an odd movie. Im was overjoyed that Catherine Zeta Jones won though, she did the best out of all the cast! If you haven't seen this yet in theaters then try to find it somewhere because its a great movie going expierence. I really cant wait untill its out on DVD. I wish they would've left Class in it because I rEaLlY LoVe that song! Its hilarious! Anyways I suggest that you see it.
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Summary: Absolutely Awesome!
Review: I am not a great fan of musicals present or past. However, every once in a while one catches my eye (for example: Grease). I saw this movie and absolutely loved it. Enough even to buy the soundtrack moments after watching it. I still listen to the soundtrack reliously and can not wait to buy the DVD! No musical since Grease will surpass this movie for a while. All the actors are fantastic for their roles and impressed me with their abilities to sing and dance as well as they do. Go out and buy this one!
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Summary: SiMpLy AmAzInG
Review: I love this movie & I've rated it a million times but i have only three things to say to you all. 1. People who are reviewing this and comparing it to Moulin Rouge, dont! Chicago & Moulin Rouge only have one thing in common and that is the fact they are musicals! But still Chicago's cast & singing is 110% better. 2. Why didn't they put the song Class in this movie! Omg it is so hilarious! You have to buy the soundtrack or download that song! I can't wait until the DVD comes out with that in the Deleted Scenes thing! 3. This is the best movie in the wHoLe wOrLd! It's a true classic and tOtAlLy deserved Best Picture. Well i said only three things and even though I could go on about how wonderful this movie is, I wont.
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Summary: Great Film! Misinformed Reviewers Though
Review: I have to say this is one of the best films I have ever seen. The director does a great job of showing the story of Roxie and Vel. I can't say much more about it. It is comparable to Moulin Rouge, but with a stupendously better soundtrack. All songs contained within Chicago are originals for the stage version, although a few songs were lowered a key or two so that Catherine and Reneé could really belt them. As for some of the reviewers, specifically the one who said this is a a horrible new musical. I am sorry to say you have been misinformed. Firstly, this is certainly not a new musical. It has been around for decades. Also, it does not celebrate the murders. In case you don't know, there is something called a farce, and Chicago is exactly that. They use these overblown stories (i.e. The Cell Block Tango) to show what life was like in the roaring twenties. Much like F. Scott Fitzgerald did when he wrote The Great Gatsby. To wrap it up, I cannot recommend this movie enough. It is beyond great, I also recommend you buy the soundtrack - not only to the movie, but also to the original stage version and the '96 revival. Buy them all and enjoy.
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Summary: The folks aren't nice, but VERY well developed
Review: Several of the user-contributed reviews for "Chicago" make it sound like the film (and the original play and earlier works they're based on) is a treatise on the virtues of sex and liquor. In fact, in one way, it is. It's a commentary on how we, society, respond to celebrity and media manipulation. The first time we see the lawyer, we hear him sing about how money means nothing to him (while he's being measured for custom suits, riding in expensive cars, and having beautiful women draped over him as part of the choreography for the song). Clearly, the visuals tell us, he's a manipulator. Both female leads, excellently cast (although I would entertain arguments for others in the roles, these are fine examples of the craft), are similar manipulators. The brunette murders her lover and sister (who is also her partner in her stage act) and then boasts, later, that they "had it comin'." The blond murders her lover and then, having convinced her husband to take the fall for her, sings a ballad about how faithful he is and how much she loves him - until he realizes (about verse three of the song) that she's been two-timing him and rats her out. (I took my 63-year-old mother to see this, and she started laughing at that moment.) Mid-ballad, she changes her tune (literally) and starts singing about how disloyal he is. "Chicago" is not endorsing these creeps. It's telling us that we have a voyeuristic need to follow their stories, to be entertained by the media instead of being informed by it. Certainly, you cannot see "Chicago" without acknowledging some of the grime in our world, and in ourselves. It's called "art". The visual style of "Chicago" deliberately pulls you in, as "Cabaret" did, by putting [nearly] all the numbers into a night-club setting so that people don't just spontaneously break into song. (That's one the big complaints about old-time musicals that I hear, and Chicago/Cabaret can't be accused of having nuns on hill-tops breaking into song.) It is a great film, even if it's a bit uncomfortable in places. (A press conference scene feels almost as frightening as a debate in Bullworth in which the title character points out that the press is in the entertainment business.)
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Summary: A musical that is filled with love
Review: ...My opinion about Chicago is that it's a very good movie, eventhough the story is a bit strange, but the songs are beautiful. Some people might not find this musical very interesting, because they might dislike musicals from their early age. Musicals are full of inspirations, hopes and love. Some people might say that many musicals, such as Chicago, do not contain love, all I could say to that is it does. If you look closely into one of the characters in Chicago, Amos Hart, you will find the love that he has for his wife, Roxie.
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Summary: The Best Movie I've ever seen
Review: Chicago is the best movie I've ever seen. it has everything: good actors, amazing music, good-made. Catherine Zeta-Jones (Velma Kelly) is just so well for that movie, but Renee Zellweger (Roxie Hart) is kinda "small" for Chicago, Richard Gere (Billy Fleen) is also a nice guy in the movie, Queen Latifah is pretty good too.
You just have to own this movie, and the soundtrack also, they're both so goooooood.
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Summary: Absolutely Amazing!!!
Review: I loved Moulin Rouge, but I'm sorry, this movie is better. I saw it 8 times in the theater, and am anxiously awaiting it's release on DVD. The actors are unbelievable! Catherine Zeta-Jones can Sing (and dance)!!! Renee Zellweger can Sing! Richard Gere can sing (and tap)! It's so mesmorizing. I just stare at the screen in awe. It could not be any better, it's as simple as that.
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