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82 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 140 Ratings

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  • Starring: Catherine Zeta Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere
  • Summary: A new interpretation that takes the award-winning Broadway show into fresh and expansive cinematic realms, Chicago shifts adroitly from the reality of intrigue, rivalry and betrayal to spectacular fantasies of music and dance, offering tongue-in-cheek commentary on the cult of celebrity and the scandalous lengths to which people will go to attain it. (Miramax)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 37
  3. Negative: 1 out of 37
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    100
    At times, Chicago has the feel of a revue, with the major characters taking turns at their own show-stopping numbers. If it's too much of a good thing, I say, bring it on.
  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    60
    I realize that Fosse's dark sizzle might seem a bit dated today, but surely something halfway snazzy could have been devised for this movie. It's toothless.
  3. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Phil Hall
    30
    Chicago is a failure, but that should not come as a surprise. Bob Fosse, who directed and choreographed the original 1975 Broadway production, was long baffled in making a film of the show and eventually gave up trying.

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  1. Positive: 84 out of 104
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 104
  3. Negative: 17 out of 104
  1. grandpajoe6191
    7
    "Chicago" shouldn't have been a good movie if it wasn't for the stylish direction of Rob Marshall and his cleverness of portraying the correct scenes matching with the song and setting. It isn't great, but a good movie with some light-jazz music you'll love to listen.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. J-Shap
    5
    Perhaps Chicago is meant to be self-analytical in commentary on shallowness in nearly everything, but that doesn't forgive the fact that it is indeed shallow. While it's flashy and pretty funny when it needs to be, in the end, Chicago is still a miraculously vapid movie underneath it all, and that, in the end, makes it boring when it's not belting.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. RonaldB
    3
    The ladies are pleasant, the leading man replacable, the story forgettable and the musical "numbers" add up to zero. In other words, what we quite rightly expect from a contemporary musical.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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