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A Broadway musical comes to the silver screen. If it�s possible for a musical to have too much music, Chicago is it. Of course the songs, dances and choreography are simply brilliant, but you actually end up yearning for a little bit of conversation.
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That said, I think the story was excellent. It had character, it had plot, it had decadence and it depicted the jazz and liquor life of the 30�s with a frivolous sense of light-heartedness.
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Oscar winning performance from Catherine Zeta Jones and an Oscar nominated performance from Renee Zellwegger. Both well deserved, though I wonder if the reason for Richard Gere being overlooked by the Academy was his �its all above love� number where he seemed rather uncomfortable though he had a smile plastered across his face throughout. Mind you the Razzle Dazzle number where he was not attempting a striptease was definitely better.
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Two murderous showgirls in the windy city. All they want is to be on stage (and hopefully keep Queen Latifah off it) in front of a doting audience. Yes, yearning to be a celebrity can lead to certain pitfalls.
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The person you end up grieving for is the poor husband - Amus. We do remember his name, he�s not invisible like cellophane tape and why oh why could the author not have given him a happy ending. Maybe Ms. Sunshine could have ended falling for him.
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But then I guess that�s life. A seedy lawyer who�ll do anything to keep up his winning streak of cases, a couple of hopeless wannabes who�ll do anything to see their photograph in the paper and a devoted husband who walks away with the message �Nice guys, do finish last.�
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Chicago instead end up finishing first in the race for Best picture and it is really well deserved. Rob Marshall needs to be congratulated too on a brilliant piece of direction. A must watch for all over eighteen year olds who like a bit of song & dance and a lot of the high�s of the fast life.
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