[Zeta-Jones] makes Velma the coal-lump heart of Chicago a movie that is as dark as it is danceable.
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01/10/03
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Chicago (2002)
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Reviews Counted:206
Fresh:180
Rotten:26
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: A rousing and energetic adaptation of the Broadway musical that'll have you tapping your feet.
Theatrical Release:Dec 27, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $170,617,614
Synopsis: Everyone loves a legend, but in Chicago, there’s only room for one. Velma Kelley (CATHERINE ZETA-JONES) burns in the spotlight as a nightclub sensation. When she shoots her philandering husband,... [More]
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah
Director: Rob Marshall
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Reviews for Chicago
Watch for Roxie’s dance with the mirrors, for the courtroom three-ring circus, for Billy’s tap dance, and for Roxie’s and Velma’s big finale in front of a wall of light. For those who have seen “Chicago,” these scenes are likely burnt into your mind. For
01/10/03
The big screen musical is back. Bravo.
01/10/03
I'd give real money to see the perpetrators of Chicago torn apart by dingoes.
01/09/03
Leggy Zeta-Jones is so hot in the 'All That Jazz' number, she's flammable. And Zellweger defines delicious.
01/09/03
Top CriticAll the main performances are entertaining and touching — if there’s an unearned confidence in Zeta-Jones’ shirking shoulders, it’s appropriate to her character. They all deserve credit — though when a real singer like Queen Latifah has her moment, we un
01/09/03
a sexy film that puts tang in its tango
01/08/03
"You can't wait for the next song to blast onto the screen in all its chic, sexy, stylish glory."
01/08/03
The trouble is the jazzy vaudeville-like musical numbers are energetic but hardly memorable.
01/07/03
Chicago is a near-perfect translation of a stage musical that might have worked even better without Richard Gere.
01/07/03
If you like musicals, you will like Chicago, as do I. But I’m sure that I’ll be wondering just how great it could have been for a long, long time.
01/07/03
It'll knock ya dead, dollface.
01/06/03
Zellweger...channels no one less than Marilyn Monroe. Just watch the word `booze' drip from her lips.
01/06/03
Marshall frequently cuts between the songs and the story, a trick which will keep MTV audiences interested. Still, he doesn't use the intercutting so much that older viewers will complain of headaches — as some did with the sensory overloading "Moulin Ro
01/06/03
This is the sleekest and sexiest movie musical to slither, shake and scintillate on-screen since Cabaret.
01/06/03
Chicago is no Cabaret, but if all you want from your evening's entertainment is jazz, it's all that.
01/06/03
A very good bet for those who don't have the leisure to make it to London for the stage show, and want a reliable, cheaper ticket-price approximation with (mostly) proper Americans in the cast.
01/06/03
The song and dance numbers are very well staged, even though Zellweger and Gere are not experienced song and dance people.
01/05/03
After being stuck in years of development, Chicago finally arrives on the big screen and the result is spectacular.
01/05/03
In the rousing and rhythmically spry Chicago, Marshall delivers a finger-snapping gem that radiates jubilance and promotes its lyrical spirit -- its bounciness and endless energy will have audiences giddy with delight.
01/05/03
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