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Overhyped!
This was not the enjoyable movie it was cracked up to be. There was no one to cheer for; no true hero. The music sucked.

All That Jazz
"Chicago" definitely deserved to sweep at the Oscars last year. I was especially happy it won Best Picture. This was one of my favorite movies of 2002.

Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweiger) is an aspiring Vaudeville star who shoots her lover, then ends up in jail with her idol, singer Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones). With the help of the slick, slimy Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), the women try to get out of jail and return to showbiz.

Though Renee Zellwieger was very good, I thought Catherine Zeta-Jones did the best job in this movie. When the two sang and danced together, Zeta-Jones was the one I couldn't keep my eyes off of. She's a trained dancer and singer, so with this film, she was completely in her element. She definitely deserved the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.

My favorite songs/dance numbers included: "All That Jazz," "Mr. Cellophane," "Cell Block Tango," "We Both Reached For the Gun," and "Nowadays." The song and dance numbers were cleverly done so that they were in Roxie's head, if you don't like the idea of musicals with people randomly bursting into song and dance. Go rent it today, I strongly recommend it!

A Razzly Dazzly Good Time
"Chicago" revolves around a woman named Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger), who kills her ex-boyfriend for lying about getting her into a vaudeville act. She is sent to jail, where she meets her idol, Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones). She also meets the prison matron (Queen Latifah), who tells her about a slick lawyer named Billy Flynn (Richard Gere). Roxie's ex-husband Amos (John C. Reily) gets Billy for her, but Velma has the same lawyer. Roxie and Velma are head to head, guided by Billy as they razzle-dazzle the press and pull the strings of reporter Mary Sunshine.

The screenplay (written by Bill Condon) is amazingly true to the original musical and the director (Rob Marshall) does an outstanding job with the musical numbers and is very good making the musical numbers more appealing for this days' audiences.

The editing in this film is outstanding! All of the musical numbers take place in the imagination of Roxie Hart. During a musical number, there are two worlds: Roxie's imagination and the real world, which ties in perfectly with the theme of the film (and stageshow) which is that in Chicago, murder is all a show.

The DVD Special Features include the deleted musical number "Class" performed by Queen Latifah and Catherine Zeta-Jones, a 30 minute behind the scenes special, and an interesting commentary by the screenwriter and director.

All in all, "Chicago" is the ideal movie musical for any moviegoer. You can watch it over and over and over and still be in love with it. Go out and get it today. I'd also recommend "Chicago: The Movie and Lyrics", "Chicago: Music From the Miramax Motion Picture", and the piano sheet music for "Chicago."

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