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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Miramax Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 1450
Released: August 19, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Winner of six Academy Awards(R) (2003) including Best Picture, and starring Academy Award nominee (Best Actress, CHICAGO) and Golden Globe winner (Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, CHICAGO) Renée Zellweger (BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY), Academy Award winner (Best Supporting Actress, CHICAGO) Catherine Zeta-Jones (TRAFFIC), Academy Award nominee (Best Supporting Actress, CHICAGO) Queen Latifah (BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE), Golden Globe winner (Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, CHICAGO) Richard Gere (UNFAITHFUL), and Academy Award nominee (Best Supporting Actor, CHICAGO) John C. Reilly (GANGS OF NEW YORK) -- CHICAGO is a dazzling spectacle cheered by audiences and critics alike! At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart (Zellweger) both find themselves sharing space on Chicago's famed Murderess Row! They also share Billy Flynn (Gere), the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends. But in Chicago, there's only room for one legend! Also starring Lucy Liu (CHARLIE'S ANGELS).
Description of Chicago (Widescreen Edition):
Bob Fosse's sexy cynicism still shines in Chicago, a faithful movie adaptation of the choreographer-director's 1975 Broadway musical. Of course the story, all about merry murderesses and tabloid fame, is set in the Roaring '20s, but Chicago reeks of '70s disenchantment--this isn't just Fosse's material, it's his attitude, too. That's probably why the movie's breathless observations on fleeting fame and fickle public taste already seem dated. However, Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones are beautifully matched as Jazz Age vixens, and Richard Gere gleefully sheds his customary cool to belt out a showstopper. (Yes, they all do their own singing and dancing.) Whatever qualms musical purists may have about director Rob Marshall's cut-cut-cut style, the film's sheer exuberance is intoxicating. Given the scarcity of big-screen musicals in the last 25 years, that's a cause for singing, dancing, cheering. And all that jazz. --Robert Horton
Chicago (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Crisp and bright 
2008-08-13 - Loved the film and loved it more on Blu-ray. Wish they'd put more than action/special effects films on Blu-ray!
What a musical should be! 
2008-08-01 - I admit I never saw the stage musical so the plot and characters were new to me. Nonetheless, Chicago is a rollicking, foot-tapping, hot musical that doesn't apologize for its direction and content. Roxie Hart is a naive but strong-willed young woman who's determined to be famous. Velma Kelly is a veteran of the stage but is sparsely rewarded despite her dedication and talent. The two eventually collide when Roxie begins winning hearts (and the press) with her story while Velma must face the reality that she's yesterday's news. The slick lawyer not only must juggle Roxie's front page case but also the restless Kelly who is chagrined that even her own attorney begins to turn his back on her. This movie is not for everyone, musicals rarely are, but to those who enjoy a well-developed story with never boring characters this film is a must. A well-deserved best picture nod.
Chicago (Blu-ray)
2008-07-21 - Excellent, one of the best musicals ever made. The cast is terrific and they all did their own singing.
My surprise
2008-07-14 - I didn't actually know this was a musical. I thought there was music, not many musical numbers. I was pleasantly surprised. The storyline was great. Catherine-Zeta Jones was phenomenal and gorgeous, while Rene Zelwegger was kind of annoying.
A most impressive display of 'Work Ethic'
2008-07-07 - Here's a musical that stands head, shoulders and beautiful, bountiful etc. above the rest.
Imagine that you get into a time-machine and get out in mid-1920's Chicago. As soon as you arrive Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger and Richard Gere take you aside and traumatize your senses with the most incredible display of 'Anglo-Saxon work ethic' the world has ever seen!
Within a very short period of time you are transported to a smoky paradise of song and dance that somehow manages to sound to the core the tragicomic nature of our existence... So not only is it titillating, it's poetically, intellectually _stimulating_ as well... Hmmm, Yes! That's the ticket! Okay, let's just move on... ;]
