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- Chicago is the bitterest, most pungent satire on corruption in the legal system and our society's insane obsession with celebrity. It may be set way back in the Jazz Age, but it is a film that feels chillingly relevant to our own time. The film's one drawback is that it fails to develop its worthy central themes into anything of consequence.
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Dec 27, 2002 · The movie doesn't update the musical so much as bring it to a high electric streamlined gloss. The director Rob Marshall, a stage veteran making his big screen debut, paces the film with gusto. It's not all breakneck production numbers, but it's never far from one.
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86% 264 Reviews Tomatometer 83% 250,000+ Ratings Audience Score Nightclub sensation Velma (Catherine Zeta-Jones) murders her philandering husband, and Chicago's slickest lawyer, Billy Flynn...
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Dec 27, 2016 · The film, starring Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones, claimed six Oscars at the 75th Academy Awards, including best picture. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below.
The movie Lavishly well done, energetic and fun to listen to, Chicago is easily on the top 10 best musicals ever. The music in the movie, the rhythm just utterly spellbinding, that's how incredible Chicago is. The movie mostly benefits from it extremely talented cast.
Dec 27, 2002 · A film review in Weekend on Friday about ''Chicago,'' based on Bob Fosse's 1975 musical, referred incorrectly to the 1979 Fosse film ''All That Jazz.'' Its book included several lines from...
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Jan 24, 2003 · Chicago: Directed by Rob Marshall. With Taye Diggs, Cliff Saunders, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger. Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Chicago holds an 86% approval rating, based on 262 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's critics consensus states: "A rousing and energetic adaptation of the Broadway musical, Chicago succeeds on the level of pure spectacle, but provides a surprising level of depth and humor as well."
