Review of Chicago

Chicago (2002)
10/10
The best instance of where the Movie adaption is better than the staged show
27 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This has gotta be the most brilliant, most inspired, most interesting, and most entertaining movie musical I have seen since The Sound of Music, which is a classic! I kid you not, every aspect about this movie is just pure genius! And there's a lot of people who made it amazing.

First, the Cast. And Renee Zellweger, Cathrine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah, and Richard Gere performances were AMAZING! Just, whoever casted them were all right on the money! I never got bored of their characters once throughout the entire movie. And for me, it really easy to get bored of characters in movies really quickly. But I never could. They kept rhe energy up the entire time. And it's only fitting that they all got Oscar nominations.

The music and dance? Holy hell. Holy freaking hell. The music, the direction, the CHOREOGRAPHY were all just freaking brilliant! And I gotta say, if you got bored during any of those musical numbers, I don't know what to tell you. I guess nothing can entertain you then. Because that was the most fun two punch trip that you'll get.

I notice so many complaints about the plot and how about it's law enforcement corruption. And all of yiu guys need to get off your high horses. This movie is fiction and yeah, it might be a little jab at the hypocrisy of real life events, but it was made to be entertaining satire. Which was what it is. Nothing short of genius. The direction deserved every bit of praise. The plot was smartly, dramatic, and comedically handled. It's everything I could want in a movie.

Hands down best Movie Musical since The Sound of Music, and if any future movie musicals are gonna win Best Picture, they're gonna have to be better than this. Because I hate to break it to you La La Land fans, but it was nowhere near good enough to take the Movie Musical Best Picture mantle away from Chicago. Chicago has set the bar too ridiculously high for any of its musical successors. Not even it's staged production can beat it. Which is a first. Where the Movie adaption beats the original.

Final score- 12/10
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