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All That Jazz

1979

Bob Fosse

Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, Ann Reinking ...

7.5

10,664

Drama. Musical Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical film celebrates show business stripped of glitz or giddy illusions. Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theatre. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him--his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"Inevitably, comparisons with Cabaret come with every number, but this is a very different animal (...) Jazz is an unmistakable classic in it’s field, full of talent and originality (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"An uproarious display of brilliance, nerve, dance, maudlin confessions, inside jokes and, especially, ego. It's a little bit as if Mr. Fosse had invited us to attend his funeral"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Almost every scene is excruciating, yet the film stirs an obscene fascination (...) and passionate psychological striptease	NEU
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"'All That Jazz' tries to function as art and entertainment, preferably at the same time, which makes it either an exceptionally dark musical-comedy or an unusually buoyant death wish"	POS

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