X
- 1979
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 3 m
- 1979
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 3 m
- 1979
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 3 m
- 1979
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 3 m
All That Jazz
72
8.1
Where to Watch
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
72
62% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
72
62% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Savagely witty on backstage life and audaciously edited, Jazz stands alongside Cabaret as the best musical of the last 20 years.
An actor of great integrity, Scheider at last makes the powerful impression we've been waiting for; he plays Joe with wonderfully delicate and telling detail. You see all the lusts and weaknesses, but you see also an underlying sweetness, a kind of forlorn and desperate innocence that makes something deeply human out of good, bad, weakness, strength, triumph, defeat and all that jazz. [24 Dec 1979, p.78]
All That Jazz may be Fosse’s finest cinematic achievement.
Bob Fosse’s half-confession about what a jerk he was to the women in his life may pull a lot of punches, but there’s just too much art on the screen to completely disregard the effort.
All That Jazz is great-looking but not easy to watch; Fosse's indulgent vision at times approaches sour self-loathing, and nothing like the explicit open-heart surgery had been seen on mainstream American screens, let alone the morbid song-and-dance routines in an operating theater.
By the time the film is over, the movie has degenerated with a jaundiced vengeance. Fosse's sour, grandstanding cynicism imposed an intolerable burden of self-pity on his talent, our compassion and the tradition of the backstage muscial.
The jokes are relentlessly crass and objectionable; the song'n'dance routines have been created in the cutting-room and have lost any sense of fun; Fellini-esque moments add little but pretension; and scenes of a real open-heart operation, alternating with footage of a symbolic Angel of Death in veil and white gloves, fail even in terms of the surreal.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 25 User Ratings
8.1
84% Positive
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
16% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
0% Negative
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 25 User Ratings
8.1
84% Positive
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
16% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
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Production Company
Columbia Pictures,
Twentieth Century Fox
Release Date Dec 20, 1979
Duration 2 h 3 m
Rating R
Tagline All that work. All that glitter. All that pain. All that love. All that crazy rhythm. All that jazz.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 4 Wins & 9 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
BAFTA Awards
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
