Chicago - Movie Reviews

A couple of songs were left behind and I find the rat-a-tat editing distracting from the performances and musical numbers.... [T]he mercenary spirit and the splashy musical numbers, however, give the entire cast their moment in the spotlight

Full Review | Apr 6, 2024

Marshall revitalises the genre by imbuing its past with new life, respectful and panegyric at the same time.

Full Review | Original Score: 82/100 | Nov 7, 2023

Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones are incredible as the murderous pair imprisoned for their wrongdoings.

Full Review | Jun 27, 2023

Not only for theater aficionados, Chicago is a musical for people who don't even like musicals, weaving its deliriously dark tale with enough cyanide-laced cynicism to win over folks who wouldn't know Oklahoma! from Oh! Calcutta!

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 12, 2023

Chicago is quite the musical spectacle.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 7, 2023

A movie with a lot of things to say about the intersections among murder, the media, and fame (20th anniversary)

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 27, 2022

Not knowing what to expect was the best thing while approaching Chicago, its parallelistic storytelling is revolutionary and like few others I've seen in musicals. Full review in Spanish

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 8, 2022

Director Marshall makes effective cinematic changes in bringing the Broadway hit to screen, especially by turning musical numbers into a mix of Roxie's reality and fantasies.

Full Review | Nov 30, 2021

Infused with a sense of razzle-dazzle, Chicago still holds up almost 20 years on.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 25, 2021

The brisk tempo never slows and the visuals never lose their luster.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 29, 2020

...Chicago is another spectacular spectacular filled with enough razzamattazz, razzle dazzle, all that jazz and then some, all guaranteed to place Hollywood back at the top of the heap as king of the movie musical.

Full Review | Nov 7, 2019

This jaw-dropping, mouth-watering, heart-stopping film version of the spectacular Fosse stage show takes all the best bits from the musical and enhances every scene.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 21, 2019

It's a high-wire act energized by its stars' amazement at their own reckless effrontery, a brash blast, and an original sight in a cinema cancerous with cautious recyclings.

Full Review | Feb 19, 2019

If this production from first-time director Rob Marshall doesn't single-handedly revive the musical as a viable genre in Hollywood, then the musical deserves to stay dead.

Full Review | Feb 19, 2019

Chicago's so engrossing that you even forget to reach out for the Coke n' popcorn. Now isn't that entertainment!

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 3, 2019

Marshall doesn't doggedly follow Fosse. He uses scenes from many other musicals. Chicago is, among other things, a collection of fan's notes by a boy crazy about the form.

Full Review | Aug 20, 2018

Chicago is supposed to be cynical about showbiz, not embarrassed by it. Oh, well. There'll be another film musical along around 2008.

Full Review | Feb 28, 2018

Does Rob Marshall really think this is the way to shoot musical? [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 27, 2018

In effect it is filmed theatre, but this brings its own compensations: the more fake Chicago looks, the more real it seems to get.

Full Review | Jan 3, 2018