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Each of these movies are reviewed from a gay perspective, giving them
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Chicago Movie Rating: 
Stunning | |
| Bob Fosse's shrewd satire of crime as entertainment makes a stunning transition from the stage to the multiplex in a big-screen version overflowing with razzle-dazzle. Director-choreographer Rob Marshall doesn't attempt to reinvent the movie-musical genre; instead, he wisely allows the cunning story and sizzling score to thrill viewers. | |
| When mousy chorine Roxy (Renee Zellweger) lands in the slammer for killing her boyfriend, she sees an opportunity to finally make it as a vaudeville star, much to the chagrin of the reigning cellblock celebrity, Velma (Catherine Zeta-Jones). The breathtaking musical numbers, which take place in Roxy's imagination, seamlessly juxtapose the stark reality of prison life with the vivid theatricality of Prohibition-era jazz halls. |
Catherine Zeta-Jones ©2002 Miramax Films. |
| Both leading ladies deliver outstanding performances, but, with a deliciously smarmy turn as sleazy lawyer Billy Flynn, it's Richard Gere who repeatedly stops the show. | |
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