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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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In effect it is filmed theatre, but this brings its own compensations: the more fake Chicago looks, the more real it seems to get. January 3, 2018 | Full Review…
In effect it is filmed theatre, but this brings its own compensations: the more fake Chicago looks, the more real it seems to get.
Barbara Ellen
What makes this more than a film of a great stage show is the way that the action spills seamlessly from the stage sets into real life. Magic. February 25, 2015 | Full Review…
What makes this more than a film of a great stage show is the way that the action spills seamlessly from the stage sets into real life. Magic.
James Christopher
It's a totally unexpected film, and all the more welcome -- a modern reproduction that resurrects the spirit, look and sound of a great era of Hollywood professionalism. February 25, 2015 | Full Review…
It's a totally unexpected film, and all the more welcome -- a modern reproduction that resurrects the spirit, look and sound of a great era of Hollywood professionalism.
Alexander Walker
As sentimental as a plywood casket, Chicago has satirical bite and a mean wit that somehow never obscures its characters' unlikely likability. February 12, 2014 | Full Review…
As sentimental as a plywood casket, Chicago has satirical bite and a mean wit that somehow never obscures its characters' unlikely likability.
Keith Phipps
With performers as good as these and the freshness of Bill Condon's screenplay and Marshall's direction, there's really very little wrong with Chicago. What it lacks is something intangible -- heat. February 12, 2014 | Full Review…
With performers as good as these and the freshness of Bill Condon's screenplay and Marshall's direction, there's really very little wrong with Chicago. What it lacks is something intangible -- heat.
Ben Nuckols
Rob Marshall's screen version of the near-venerable show looks great, in its razzly-dazzly neo-Fosse way, and sounds good, especially when Renee Zellweger's gorgeous Roxie Hart is singing her heart out. February 12, 2014
Rob Marshall's screen version of the near-venerable show looks great, in its razzly-dazzly neo-Fosse way, and sounds good, especially when Renee Zellweger's gorgeous Roxie Hart is singing her heart out.
Joe Morgenstern
...Chicago is another spectacular spectacular filled with enough razzamattazz, razzle dazzle, all that jazz and then some, all guaranteed to place Hollywood back at the top of the heap as king of the movie musical. November 7, 2019 | Full Review…
...Chicago is another spectacular spectacular filled with enough razzamattazz, razzle dazzle, all that jazz and then some, all guaranteed to place Hollywood back at the top of the heap as king of the movie musical.
Debbie Lynn Elias
This jaw-dropping, mouth-watering, heart-stopping film version of the spectacular Fosse stage show takes all the best bits from the musical and enhances every scene. February 21, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This jaw-dropping, mouth-watering, heart-stopping film version of the spectacular Fosse stage show takes all the best bits from the musical and enhances every scene.
Sky Staff
It's a high-wire act energized by its stars' amazement at their own reckless effrontery, a brash blast, and an original sight in a cinema cancerous with cautious recyclings. February 19, 2019 | Full Review…
It's a high-wire act energized by its stars' amazement at their own reckless effrontery, a brash blast, and an original sight in a cinema cancerous with cautious recyclings.
Tim Appelo
If this production from first-time director Rob Marshall doesn't single-handedly revive the musical as a viable genre in Hollywood, then the musical deserves to stay dead. February 19, 2019 | Full Review…
If this production from first-time director Rob Marshall doesn't single-handedly revive the musical as a viable genre in Hollywood, then the musical deserves to stay dead.
Christopher Borrelli
Chicago's so engrossing that you even forget to reach out for the Coke n' popcorn. Now isn't that entertainment! January 3, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Chicago's so engrossing that you even forget to reach out for the Coke n' popcorn. Now isn't that entertainment!
Namrata Joshi
Marshall doesn't doggedly follow Fosse. He uses scenes from many other musicals. Chicago is, among other things, a collection of fan's notes by a boy crazy about the form. August 20, 2018 | Full Review…
Marshall doesn't doggedly follow Fosse. He uses scenes from many other musicals. Chicago is, among other things, a collection of fan's notes by a boy crazy about the form.
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