Cabaret (1972)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:30
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: Great performances and evocative musical numbers help Cabaret secure its status as a stylish, socially conscious classic.
Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: The final shot of the hit film CABARET is a Nazi meeting reflected in a mirror, providing the chilling historical subtext for this groundbreaking musical movie, set in prewar Berlin. Not since GONE... [More]
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Reviews for Cabaret
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Let's just say it: the best thing going in director Bob Fosse's tour de force is Joel Grey. As the Master of Ceremonies at the infamous Berlin Kit-Kat club, Grey steals every scene he's in and makes us hope for more. Full Review |
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Bob Fosse's direction is as chaotic as it was in his previous Sweet Charity, a desperate scramble after a style. Full Review |
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simply masterful in every way
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A great classic film.
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The screenplay, which never seems to talk down to an audience while at the same time making its candid points with tasteful emphasis, returns the story to a variety of settings. Full Review |
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Whatever this 1972 feature is, it's entertaining and stylish, though maybe not quite as serious as it wants to be. Full Review |
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After a decade of stagnant musicals, Bob Fosse reenergizes the genre with a dazzling, intelligent, and socially conscious musical more reflective of the zeitgeist of the 1970s--Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey are brilliant. Full Review |
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Superbly choreographed by Fosse, the cabaret numbers evoke the Berlin of 1931 - city of gaiety and perversion, of champagne and Nazi propaganda - so vividly that only an idiot could fail to perceive that something is rotten in the state of Weimar. Full Review |
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5/5 |
The classic musical..much better than Chicago
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...the context of Germany on the eve of the Nazi ascent to power makes the entire musical into an unforgettable cry of despair. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Chilling Fosse vision of Weimar Berlin, stylishly directed and choreographed, featuring a show-stopping musical performance by Minnelli, Grey's unforgettable emcee and thoughtful acting from Michael York. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Everybody in Cabaret is very fine, and meticulously chosen for type, down to the last weary transvestite and to the least of the bland, blond open-faced Nazis in the background. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Seems less fresh now, but still powerful.
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