Chicago Reviews

Surfing the HD channel offerings last night, I found the movie Chicago. A musical released to great fanfare (and the winner of the Best Movie Academy Award) in 2002, Chicago is based on a Bob Fosse stage musical, which is in turn based on a short story from the 1920s.

Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) is a good girl who momentarily turns bad and kills her husband and her sister. Hauled off to jail, she is immediately threatened by the jail's manipulative matron Mama (Queen Latifah) and a brassy fellow inmate Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Roxie learns that her only chance to avoid hanging for her...

Chicago's musical numbers unfold partly as products of Roxie's imagination, partly as chorus. The songs are used to move the story along and feel like the storyline instead of a pause in the action. Musical numbers are effectively integrated as character's inner-monologues.

The look of the film is fantastic, capturing the roaring '20's and vaudeville with amazing style. The choreography is fantastic

     I saw Chicago at the movies at the age of 13 and fell instantly in love with it. I dont know who's performance captivates the screen more? Renee's? Catherine? or Richard? These actors show that they can act, sing and dance in the musical full of beauty. From its brilliant script, to its captivating make up and costumes, These actors make you want to go to New York and watch the Musical on Broadway to simply compare. The story of Roxie Hart is told in Chicago in a way that has never been told before. Chicago makes you want to sing and dance and makes you want to just take Roxie and Velma...