Burlesque
A cabaret-styled musical about small-town girl Ali (Christina Aguilera), who ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by Tess (Cher), a former dancer.
The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess struggles to keep the aging theatre alive in the face of distracted dancers and a threat from a wealthy businessman's quest to buy the spot. Ali, hired by Tess as a waitress, escapes a hollow past and quickly falls in love with the art of burlesque. The club's fortune changes when Ali's booming voice is discovered and makes her the main attraction...
- Director:
- Steven Antin ('Glass House: The Good Mother')
- Writer:
- Steven AntinSusannah GrantKeith Merryman
- Cast:
- Christina AguileraCherKristen BellStanley TucciAlan CummingJulianne Hough
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Dominic Corry
flicksBut Burlesque critically fails to reach the giddy batshit-crazy highs that buoyed Verhoeven’s crapsterpiece, and is content to merely gloss up a oft-told story with ‘tastefully’ concealed T & A, shaken with intensity on stage.
Yeah... Nah...
Take Coyote Ugly, add a little more sass and a little less sense and you've got Burlesque. I'll admit, I wasn't looking forward to this movie. On first impressions, it seemed like a derivative mess of cliched plot points and mediocre musical numbers. On my last impression, it IS a derivative mess of cliched plot points and mediocre musical numbers. It isn't...
Cream and Candy, Light and Fun
Not normally into musicals but this was light, fun entertainment. Cher captured attention with her first club song "Welcome to Burlesque" and Christina gave several strong performances. Two Divas on stage: one guiding veteran and one young seeker. The love angle between bartender/songwriter (Cam Gigandet) and cabaret singer (Christina Aguilera)...
B-rate Burlesque? BULL@#$%
The movie was awesome! The songs were pretty outstanding - lets not forget 2 of them were nominated for a Golden Globe - and one of them WON it! Best Original song!! Wicked! SO many critics {like the one above} have slammed it for being cliched - predictable - not original. However when Avatar is basically a copy of Fern Gully & Pocahontas no one...
Predictable
Loved the costumes and dancing, acting was fine, singing was a bit too much towards the end. But oh so predictable, would have been great to see a few twists that weren't inevitable. Mind you 2 hours went very quickly so it's definately worth watching if you like chick flicks ( only one guy in our audience)
OOOH No don't go
Yes i know how to work the star ratings things i am just not feeling very giving today! I care not for glitz and glamour and warbly singing of scantily clad girlies with big hair and bigger eyelashes. So I say OOOOH No don't go! I hav 2 things to say - Christina, WHAT? and Cheer, STOP... just STOP
my expectations were so low
so the only way was up. My 9 year old loved it and hopes the dvd is out in time for her birthday and perhaps she could get the sound track too. I found myself grooving along but.... also rewritng the script. Great visuals and I just love Cher. The mickey mouse club girl was pretty good too. Are there actually any musicals that have a great plot? Maybe Rocky...
Variety
pressAn overwrought, underwritten hootchy-kootchy tuner that desperately wants to be "Cabaret," but lacks the edge and historical context to pull it off.
TVNZ
pressNominated for a Golden Globe for best Musical/ comedy seems entirely apt for Burlesque.
The New York Times
pressOnce again, Bob Fosse's "Cabaret" haunts the stage with derbies and splayed legs, but with results that are strictly Sally Bowdlerized.
The Guardian
pressLike the dancers on Sunset Boulevard, Burlesque knuckles down, scrubs up, and makes the goddamn best of things
Roger Ebert
pressBurlesque shows Cher and Christina Aguilera being all that they can be, and that's more than enough.
Hollywood Reporter
pressWomen will love this, and men won't mind the eye candy either, so it looks like this Screen Gems release can't help becoming a hit.
Empire Magazine
pressIntentionally or not, it might be the comedy of the year. The music and dance are thrilling and the costumes saucy enough to satisfy, but the whole is so camp and clichéd that it must be deliberate. Right?
Flicks, Dominic Corry
flicksBut Burlesque critically fails to reach the giddy batshit-crazy highs that buoyed Verhoeven’s crapsterpiece, and is content to merely gloss up a oft-told story with ‘tastefully’ concealed T & A, shaken with intensity on stage.
Variety
pressAn overwrought, underwritten hootchy-kootchy tuner that desperately wants to be "Cabaret," but lacks the edge and historical context to pull it off.
TVNZ
pressNominated for a Golden Globe for best Musical/ comedy seems entirely apt for Burlesque.
The New York Times
pressOnce again, Bob Fosse's "Cabaret" haunts the stage with derbies and splayed legs, but with results that are strictly Sally Bowdlerized.
The Guardian
pressLike the dancers on Sunset Boulevard, Burlesque knuckles down, scrubs up, and makes the goddamn best of things
Roger Ebert
pressBurlesque shows Cher and Christina Aguilera being all that they can be, and that's more than enough.
Hollywood Reporter
pressWomen will love this, and men won't mind the eye candy either, so it looks like this Screen Gems release can't help becoming a hit.
Empire Magazine
pressIntentionally or not, it might be the comedy of the year. The music and dance are thrilling and the costumes saucy enough to satisfy, but the whole is so camp and clichéd that it must be deliberate. Right?
Yeah... Nah...
Take Coyote Ugly, add a little more sass and a little less sense and you've got Burlesque. I'll admit, I wasn't looking forward to this movie. On first impressions, it seemed like a derivative mess of cliched plot points and mediocre musical numbers. On my last impression, it IS a derivative mess of cliched plot points and mediocre musical numbers. It...
Cream and Candy, Light and Fun
Not normally into musicals but this was light, fun entertainment. Cher captured attention with her first club song "Welcome to Burlesque" and Christina gave several strong performances. Two Divas on stage: one guiding veteran and one young seeker. The love angle between bartender/songwriter (Cam Gigandet) and cabaret singer (Christina Aguilera)...
B-rate Burlesque? BULL@#$%
The movie was awesome! The songs were pretty outstanding - lets not forget 2 of them were nominated for a Golden Globe - and one of them WON it! Best Original song!! Wicked! SO many critics {like the one above} have slammed it for being cliched - predictable - not original. However when Avatar is basically a copy of Fern Gully & Pocahontas no one...
Predictable
Loved the costumes and dancing, acting was fine, singing was a bit too much towards the end. But oh so predictable, would have been great to see a few twists that weren't inevitable. Mind you 2 hours went very quickly so it's definately worth watching if you like chick flicks ( only one guy in our audience)
OOOH No don't go
Yes i know how to work the star ratings things i am just not feeling very giving today! I care not for glitz and glamour and warbly singing of scantily clad girlies with big hair and bigger eyelashes. So I say OOOOH No don't go! I hav 2 things to say - Christina, WHAT? and Cheer, STOP... just STOP
my expectations were so low
so the only way was up. My 9 year old loved it and hopes the dvd is out in time for her birthday and perhaps she could get the sound track too. I found myself grooving along but.... also rewritng the script. Great visuals and I just love Cher. The mickey mouse club girl was pretty good too. Are there actually any musicals that have a great plot? Maybe...
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