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Reviews Counted:206
Fresh:180
Rotten:26
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: A rousing and energetic adaptation of the Broadway musical that'll have you tapping your feet.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Everyone loves a legend, but in Chicago, there’s only room for one. Velma Kelley (CATHERINE ZETA-JONES) burns in the spotlight as a nightclub sensation. When she shoots her philandering husband,... [More]
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah
Director: Rob Marshall
Ultimately, in the history of the Academy, people may be wondering what all that jazz was about "Chicago" in 2002. Zellweger's whiny pouty-lipped poof faced and spindly attempt at playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a
Rob Marshall's style is to make everything relentlessly brassy and fake, and his Chicago simply looks like a filmed stage play.
Delicious.
Chicago pode até ser um filme divertido e cativante (como é), mas acaba representando um passo que vai na direção contrária à evolução dos musicais.
It's Zeta-Jones who emerges as the singing-dancing revelation.
La película no es sólo una cadena de números de canto y baile, sino una edición soberbia de escenas y recursos de teatro con cuadros y elementos de cine.
Chicago glorifies murder, glamorizes sex & death -- in other words it is just right for today's unsunny times.
'Brillante, llena de energía y corazón, Chicago es un claro ejemplo de que el género musical no ha muerto y puede ser hecho con inteligencia, pésele a quien le pese.'
The results are certainly not Broadway-caliber performances, that's not why people go see musicals (or it shouldn't be, unless you want to be disappointed).
Look for it to gather a few accolades in the coming award season.
If this film were any smoother, it would be frictionless.
Musical numbers are important, but it's the performances of those singing that helps "Chicago" achieve greatness.
This film adaptation, written by Bill Condon, is somewhat kinder and gentler than the stage versions that preceded it.
Big-talent movie musical jazzes up a Broadway classic -- and provides Renee Zellweger a chance to truly shine.
it now plays as almost pure parody, more outright comedy than bitter satire
Some great songs, Zellweger and Zeta-Jones sharpening their claws on prison bars and Richard Gere running around in boxer shorts and a flat cap. Two out of three ain't bad.
When actors who usually play more subtle roles are up there hoofing it and belting out Broadway melodies, you can’t help but feel you’re getting your money’s worth.
I don’t think I’ve had more fun at a movie theater in a long time. The whole viewing was spent tapping my toes and trying not to sing aloud. Heck, I even wanted to clap after each number!!!
If 2001’s Moulin Rouge proved that modern audiences would support a large-scale musical, then Chicago confirms the genre has got legs -- lots of legs, actually.
This is as breathtaking a spectacle as these eyes have seen in years.
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