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All That Jazz (1979)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:26

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7.3/10

Consensus: Director Bob Fosse and star Roy Scheider are at the top of their games in this dazzling, self-aware stage drama about a death obsessed director-choreographer.

Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical film celebrates show business stripped of glitz or giddy illusions. Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and... Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical film celebrates show business stripped of glitz or giddy illusions. Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theatre. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him--his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going. As he struggles to right his relationships with his ex-wife, his lover, and his daughter, he also has to cope with his failing health. Soon it's clear he'll have to make a choice: his art--or his life. A talented director and choreographer of both film and stage, Fosse was perhaps best known for helming the film version of CABARET and creating the musical CHICAGO. [More]

Starring: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer

Starring: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer, Cliff Gorman, Ben Vereen, John Lithgow

Director: Bob Fosse

Director: Bob Fosse
Producer: Robert Alan Aurthur
Composer: Ralph Burns

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Nov 30, 1999

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Full Review Source: Pajiba | comment Comment
09/10/08
Nathaniel Rogers
Nathaniel Rogers
Pajiba

It's very pleased with itself.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

Almost every scene is excruciating (and a few are appalling), yet the film stirs an obscene fascination with its rapid, speed-freak cutting and passionate psychological striptease.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
08/12/08
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Though Scheider is a wry, sensitive actor, he soon gets lost in the vulgar theatrics.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
08/12/08
Frank Rich
Frank Rich
TIME Magazine

No review available.

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01/09/04
Michelle Alexandria
Michelle Alexandria
Eclipse Magazine

The dancing is frenzied, the dialogue piercing, the photography superb, and the acting first-rate, with non-showman Scheider an illustrious example of casting against type.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
08/12/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Fosse at the top of his game; self-indulgent, but totally engrossing with Scheider doing a wicked impersonation of the director-choreographer.

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10/23/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Amazing stuff -- cool, cruel, and brilliant.

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Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

No review available.

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Narcissistic and self-indulgent to a fault, it’s also like nothing you’ve ever seen before and probably never will again.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
08/18/03
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

No review available.

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05/07/07
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

Ain't Jazz dance grand when you're dyin' ?

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10/13/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Energetic Fellini-esque autobiographical examination of the life (and near death) of Bob Fosse

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
08/03/09
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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06/03/03
David Poland
David Poland
Hot Button

Self-reflexive, narcissistic, and entertaining, this film is Fosse's 81/2 (he even uses Fellini's cinemtographer Rotunno). High production values and superb acting by Roy Scheider as the artist's alter-ego makes this morbid musical Fosse's best work.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
02/28/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

All That Jazz may be Fosse’s finest cinematic achievement.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
08/28/03
Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine

All That Jazz compels us to deal emotionally with our own death and the values which give meaing to our lives.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
01/29/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

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07/02/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

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08/17/05
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Interesting, but overrated

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09/12/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
 
 
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February 13, 2008: Roy Scheider: 1932-2008
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