Fresh
Even the dances feel cozily dated, as choreographers Denise Faye and Joey Pizzi borrow liberally from Bob Fosse.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Burlesque
It takes a legend... to make a star
2010 · 1h 59m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Steve Antin
Overview
Ali leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the Burlesque Lounge, a once-majestic theater that houses an inspired musical revue. Vowing to perform there, she makes the leap from bar to stage, helping restore the club's former glory.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
37%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Burlesque manages what seemed impossible: It is filled with half-naked dancing girls, yet it's still boring.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Rotten
Try to make 'Showgirls' for 12 year olds and you please no one. What a tease.
Ben Walters, Time Out
Rotten
Has the glitz and allure of a Victoria's Secret ad. What it doesn't have is an imaginative reinvention of the show-biz cliches that have so adamantly inspired it.
Bruce Diones, New Yorker
Rotten
If you go to Burlesque expecting a campy hoot on the order of Showgirls, you may be in for a disappointment. It's not quite awful enough, although it's plenty bad.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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