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Chorus Line, A
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 13 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Drama | Musical
Written by:
Arnold Schulman
Michael Bennett, Nicholas Dante & James Kirkwood Jr. (musical)
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 9, 1985
DVD: April 15, 2003
Running Time: 113 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13
Starring Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Alyson Reed, Cameron English, Vicki Frederick, and Audrey Landers
Based on the Tony Award winning play which also won the Pulitzer Prize. Auditionees for a Broadway chorus line reveal their innermost thoughts and emotions in song and dance before a hard-boiled director. (MGM)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
This is one of the most intelligent and compelling movie musicals in a long time - and the most grown up.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Gene Siskel
A classic play has been reduced a decent movie. It's a shame it couldn't be as good as the play; it's a small pleasure that it's as entertaining as it is. [20 Dec 1985]
Variety Staff (Not Credited)
Chorus often seems static and confined, rarely venturing beyond the immediate. Attenborough merely films the stage show as best he could.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
Richard Attenborough's film version of the long-running Broadway musical hit A Chorus Line not only avoids the disaster that many had predicted for it, but is often surprisingly effective and enjoyable, transcending its troubled history. [20 Dec 1985]
Chicago Reader Dave Kehr
Richard Attenborough's direction achieves that balance of impersonality and brisk pacing we've come to recognize as "professionalism," and he doesn't clog up the dancing with too many stylistic gimmicks.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Gerald Nachman
Attenborough has done what nobody thought possible - recreate a classic without raping and pillaging the original, though Chorus Line purists will find plenty to moan about. [20 Dec 1985]
TV Guide Staff (Not Credited)
Director Attenborough's film version has a couple of pleasant numbers which serve as oases amidst the dullness.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Sheila Benson
In this stately and fairly slavish representation, directed by Richard Attenborough, what pokes through with the pain of a broken bone is how thin the material really is. [12 Dec 1985]
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The stagebound setting gets boring; the action doesn't build a steady momentum; and the characters do far too much hanging around until the camera's ready to point at them again.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Vincent Canby
A Chorus Line is less a movie than an expensive souvenir program.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jay Scott
On film, Bennett's bouncing brainchild is Richard Attenborough's Workout Tape, love story attached; the specificity is gone. The 16 auditioning dancers could be any people or all people. [11 Dec 1985]
Wall Street Journal Julie Salamon
When director Richard Attenborough isn't mangling dance numbers, he's focusing on a love story expressed almost entirely by means of close-ups of moony faces and teary eyes. [12 Dec 1985]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
James H gave it a7:
I feel like I am the only person that really liked this movie. What's odd about that is I am usually someone who doesn't like musicals. I thought the dancing, choreography and acting was quite good. Fine casting, always entertaining.
