Summed up by one of its featured songs 'give them the old razzle dazzle' Chicago is less to do with innocence and more to do with the media circus who want to hear the stories.With a great list of songs throughout and an incredible performance from Catherine zeta jones, freedom is all about the spin
... View MoreIf you hate musicals, you'll probably hate this. If you love musicals, you'll probably love this. For the other 3 people in the world, I suppose it depends on whether or not you like to watch beautiful women dance around in skimpy outfits. It has great eye-candy, outstanding music, a fantastic cast AND it's no gerbil up your keister but it'll tickle you like a feather boa. This is a very good movie and a must see for fans of musicals. I can watch this every 3 years or so.
... View MoreThis is an exceptionally good movie. It is visually stunning, with color and set designs being twisted and turned with strong primary colors of music and dreams being combined with the somber tones of reality. The contrast when the Hungarian woman was hanged was brilliant and striking. The music is consistently fun and unique, though I don't watch enough musicals to have much insight into it. The movie's cuts between the central narrative and the musical stage were well-done too.The acting is phenomenal, particularly from leading light Renée Zellweger, but also from everyone else.The plot rips along, and while the characters are caricatures, they are fun caricatures. Great. 10/10.(I watched this for the first time on August 28, 2017.)
... View MoreUnpleasant Chicago is a Broadway musical turned into a movie. The title is misleading , we thought it was about basketball yet it turned out to be about unpleasant violent showgirls and wannabe Vaudeville performers. The main character was schizophrenic and imagined that her brutal court case was a musical and her chipmunk lawyer was a caring man who was the complete opposite, he charged her $639498.50 (Jamaican Dollar) for his disloyal service. her husband Amos was also a misleading character, you see we expected that since his name was Amos he would appear a biblical prophet. Another disappointment as he was just John C. Reilly playing a gullible husband who was defending his psycho wife who had an affair. The whole movie was about crazy women who killed their husbands for no proper reason. The songs were catchy and the dances were great but your better off watching the basketball
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