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... [More]
Starring: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer
Director: Bob Fosse
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Reviews for All That Jazz
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Energetic Fellini-esque autobiographical examination of the life (and near death) of Bob Fosse Full Review |
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5/5 |
Savagely witty on backstage life and audaciously edited. Full Review |
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Though Scheider is a wry, sensitive actor, he soon gets lost in the vulgar theatrics. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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 |
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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 |
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A self-important, egomaniacal, wonderfully choreographed, often compelling film which portrays the energetic life, and preoccupation with death, of a director-choreographer. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Ain't Jazz dance grand when you're dyin' ?
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B+ |
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 |
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It's very pleased with itself. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Some of it makes you wince, but a lot of it is great fun. Full Review |
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5/5 |
The magnificent Fosse touch at its best.
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All That Jazz compels us to deal emotionally with our own death and the values which give meaing to our lives. Full Review |
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All That Jazz may be Fosse’s finest cinematic achievement. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for All That Jazz
February 13, 2008:
Roy Scheider: 1932-2008
Actor Roy Scheider, who earned Oscar nominations for his work in The French Connection and All That Jazz, passed away of undisclosed causes over the weekend. He was 75 years old. More...
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