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01/31/03
Chicago (2002)
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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: Dramas
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
Reviews for Chicago
61 - 80 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
My goodness, Queen Latifah has a lot to offer and she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts. She must have a very strong back.
01/30/03
Once the musical numbers start, the editing does nearly everything it can to inhibit proper evaluation or appreciation of talents of the performers.
01/29/03
The opening scene is a stunner--Catherine Zeta-Jones storming through a black alleyway in high heels. It makes you want to applaud her just for walking.
01/29/03
Gere steals the show.
01/28/03
I have no idea if Zellweger and Zeta-Jones are good dancers, because you never see them dance. You think you do, but what you actually see is a bunch of 1/8th-second clips of them dancing, strung together from countless takes, rapid-fire.
01/26/03
Zeta-Jones, livelier and sexier than she's ever been on screen, and Zellweger, who nails down Roxie's brassiness with aplomb, are a scintillating duo.
01/25/03
By the time it ends in a rush of sequins, flashbulbs, and back-stabbing babes, it has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society.
01/24/03
Are we meant to be appalled by the way the film’s merry murderesses play the system, or are we merely meant to be entertained and titillated?
01/24/03
The film’s main characters are despicable, but the movie is so much fun that you find yourself rooting for some of Broadway's shadiest characters.
01/23/03
If you take the film as a bitterly funny, wild ride of song, dance and cinematic invention, it's a winner nearly all the way down the line.
01/22/03
Fun... but not the crowning achievement that everyone seems to be making it out to be.
01/22/03
A vigorous and creative musical.
01/22/03
Empty to the core... it strives to be endearing in the most appalling way possible.
01/22/03
Where Moulin Rouge was all cinema trickery and no guts, Rob Marshall has found a perfect balance of the two. Chicago is absolutely visceral.
01/19/03
The film is a kind of ragtime flavored jamfest, laced with noirish nastiness.
01/19/03
From its opening note to its final beat, Chicago presents a razzle-dazzle spectacle of song and dance that will make your head spin with its kaleidoscope of cynicism, wit and flash.
01/19/03
Chockfull of so many musical numbers that you might want to sit in the front row so you can kick your feet along to the beat without knocking out the person ahead of you!
01/19/03
Chicago is, in many ways, an admirable achievement.
01/16/03
The energy of the performances and the enduring score push the musical scenes and the entire film over any hurdle -- yes, even including that misbegotten casting of Gere.
01/16/03
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