Chicago represents something of an artifact from a dark and dangerous era, reconstructed with lots of zest and little depth.
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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
Look, this is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work, dancing and music.
12/31/02
There are a lot of words that could describe this musical, but the best summation would lay within these two: it's alive.
12/31/02
Dazzling and sugar-sweet, a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex, scandal, and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver.
12/31/02
The picture opens big with 'All that Jazz' and goes out bigger with 'All That I Want' and 'Razzle Dazzle.' This is an all-around crowd pleaser.
12/31/02
Rousing throwback and up-to-the-minute satire, Chicago puts the “all” in all that jazz.
12/30/02
Rob Marshall's film of Chicago isn't just the most explosively entertaining movie musical in a couple of decades. It's going to be the most influential.
12/29/02
Chicago is a rousing, sultry, scintillating spectacle that mixes adultery and murder with comedy, drama and dance
12/29/02
With few respites, Marshall keeps the energy humming, and his edits, unlike those in Moulin Rouge, are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it.
12/28/02
Top CriticChicago lacks heart, but has a great look and more than enough glitz to go around.
12/28/02
Just when you think the movie musical has gone the way of the western, along comes Rob Marshall's glittery, high-spirited Chicago to show that there is astonishing life left in the form after all.
12/28/02
Rob Marshall's feature film debut is spectacular and sleekly entertaining, given considerable luster by an all-star cast who really can sing and dance.
12/27/02
Chicago does not have the visual pyrotechnics of Moulin Rouge, but it makes that movie's storytelling look sluggish.
12/27/02
Overall, Chicago earns that highest of praises -- I can't wait to see it again.
12/27/02
Chicago will have you tapping your toes and humming along with its various songs long after you leave the theater.
12/27/02
Chicago is everything a musical is supposed to be, with good songs sung by people who sing well, and with lots of sexy dances featuring women who are gorgeous and men who don't get in the way.
12/27/02
Top CriticA great movie musical.
12/27/02
In Marshall's virtuoso hands, this movie version of the 1975 Bob Fosse Broadway musical based on the 1942 Ginger Rogers movie Roxie Hart based on the 1926 play Chicago, the rhinestones shimmer like diamonds and brass glows like solid gold.
12/27/02
Top CriticChicago is sexy, smoky, cynical, hyper-kinetic and claustrophobic. It just grabs you by the lapels and never lets go.
12/27/02
The final result makes for adequate entertainment, I suppose, but anyone who has seen Chicago on stage will leave the theater feeling they've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal.
12/27/02
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