Fresh
As sentimental as a plywood casket, Chicago has satirical bite and a mean wit that somehow never obscures its characters' unlikely likability.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
Chicago
If you can't be famous, be infamous.
2002 · 1h 53m · PG-13
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Rob Marshall
Overview
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
Director and cast
- Rob Marshall Director
- Renée Zellweger as Roxie Hart
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Velma Kelly
- Richard Gere as Billy Flynn
- Queen Latifah as Matron Mama Morton
- Ekaterina Chtchelkanova as Katalin Helinski "Hunyak"
- John C. Reilly as Amos Hart
- Christine Baranski as Mary Sunshine
- Lucy Liu as Kitty Baxter
- Taye Diggs as Bandleader
- Colm Feore as Harrison
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
With performers as good as these and the freshness of Bill Condon's screenplay and Marshall's direction, there's really very little wrong with Chicago. What it lacks is something intangible -- heat.
Ben Nuckols, Associated Press
Fresh
Rob Marshall's screen version of the near-venerable show looks great, in its razzly-dazzly neo-Fosse way, and sounds good, especially when Renee Zellweger's gorgeous Roxie Hart is singing her heart out.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Rotten
The net effect of the incessant dazzle is depressing.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh
The song-and-dance numbers are calisthenic but unspectacular, with too much fast cutting, and the tone throughout is harmlessly facetious.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
More films
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Drama · Music · Romance · PG-13
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Director
- Baz Luhrmann
- Cast
- Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, John Leguizamo
IMDb
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
Metacritic
66
Rent (2005)
Drama · Romance · PG-13
In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Director
- Chris Columbus
- Cast
- Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson
IMDb
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes
47%
Metacritic
53
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Drama · Romance · Thriller · PG-13
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- Director
- Joel Schumacher
- Cast
- Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson
IMDb
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes
32%
Metacritic
40
Nine (2009)
Drama · Music · Romance · PG-13
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Director
- Rob Marshall
- Cast
- Judi Dench, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard
IMDb
5.8
Rotten Tomatoes
39%
Metacritic
49
Burlesque (2010)
Drama · Romance · PG-13
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Director
- Steve Antin
- Cast
- Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane
IMDb
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes
37%
Metacritic
47
Comments
Talk about the film with other members