Chicago (2002)
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 217
Fresh: 188 | Rotten: 29
A rousing and energetic adaptation of the Broadway musical, Chicago succeeds on the level pure spectacle, but provides a surprising level of depth and humor as well.
Average Rating: 8/10
Critic Reviews: 45
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 6
A rousing and energetic adaptation of the Broadway musical, Chicago succeeds on the level pure spectacle, but provides a surprising level of depth and humor as well.
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A starry-eyed would-be star discovers just how far the notion that "there's no such thing as bad publicity" can go in this screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Chicago, originally directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. In the mid-'20s, Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) is a small-time chorus dancer married to a well-meaning dunderhead named Amos (John C. Reilly). Roxie is having an affair on the side with Fred Casley (Dominic West), a smooth talker who insists he can make her a star.
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Cast
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
Velma Kelly -
Renée Zellweger
Roxie Hart -
Richard Gere
Billy Flynn -
Queen Latifah
Matron Mama Morton -
John C. Reilly
Amos Hart -
Christine Baranski
Mary Sunshine -
Lucy Liu
Go-to-Hell-Kitty -
Taye Diggs
Bandleader -
Colm Feore
Assistant District Atto... -
Dominic West
Fred Casely -
Jayne Eastwood
Mrs. Borusewicz -
Roman Podhora
Sergeant Fogarty -
Rob Smith
Newspaper photographer -
Ken Ard
Wilbur -
Denise Faye
Annie -
Robbie Rox
Prison guard -
Cliff Saunders
Stage manager -
Bruce Beaton
Police photographer -
Sean Wayne Doyle
Reporter -
Steve Behal
Prison Clerk -
Susan Misner
Liz -
Mya Harrison
Mona -
Joey Pizzi
Bernie -
Ekaterina Chtchelkanova
Katalin Hunyak -
Deidre Goodwin
June -
Scott Wise
Ezekial Young -
Marc Calamia
Hunyak's husband
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All Critics (217) | Top Critics (45) | Fresh (199) | Rotten (30) | DVD (47)
The net effect of the incessant dazzle is depressing.
Top CriticThe song-and-dance numbers are calisthenic but unspectacular, with too much fast cutting, and the tone throughout is harmlessly facetious.
The film has punch, but it never really conveys the delicious, redeeming sense that life can be lived on the hoof.
Chicago has so much razzle-dazzle that viewers may end up both raised and dazed. It's remorselessly inventive, trying anything fast and sassy to keep you watching.
This Oscar-laden movie rendition, directed by Rob Marshall, suffers from the kind of ants-in-your-pants MTV editing that prevents you from simply watching and enjoying the musical numbers.
Marshall betrays the dancing by never letting us see it properly.
Chicago is a great movie musical.
Considering that none of the three leads is a pro singer or dancer, Chicago is surprisingly a brassy, enjoyable movie musical, with at least a couple of risque production numbers.
Oscar-winning satire all about the razzle-dazzle.
Chicago is a stunning show stopper, a seamless integration of toe-tapping tunes, riveting routines in the wicked and wonderful seedy side of the swing city.
Good, easygoing, sometimes inspired entertainment.
Here, finally, is a movie musical made by people who know what they're doing.
Sustains its energy and momentum and cleverly continues to weave together a realistic narrative with staged theatrical interpretations.
Each musical number builds to such a frantic climax that the audience is nearly moved to applaud the actors on screen.
A shallow work without a true moral framework, it sees the world as a posturing showbusiness arena, a stage for celebrities to briefly strut their stuff and go on their way.
Choreographer Rob Marshall makes his feature debut, toning town the Fosse-ness and keeping things snappy.
a wildly cynical and sardonic piece, yet hysterical in its own right - about as unlike Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as you can get
Audience Reviews for Chicago
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- Roxie Hart: Forget it. It'll never work.
- Velma Kelly: Why not?
- Roxie Hart: 'Cause I hate you.
- Velma Kelly: There's only one business in the world where that's no problem at all.
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- Velma Kelly: We can make a couple hundred a week. Think about it, Roxie. Our faces back in the papers, our names on the marquee.Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart.
- Roxie Hart: Shouldn't it be alphabetical?
- Velma Kelly: That could work.
- Roxie Hart: A couple hundred? Maybe we could ask for a thousand.
- Velma Kelly: We're worth it.
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- Billy Flynn: I don't like to blow my own horn, but believe me if Jesus Christ had lived in Chicago today and if he had five thousand dollars and he'd come to me, lets just say things would have turned out differently.
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- Velma Kelly: The spread eagle...
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- Billy Flynn: Good night and God save Illinois.
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- Billy Flynn: It's all a circus. A three ring circus.This trial... the whole world... it's all... show business. But Kid.... You are working with a star.
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