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Chicago

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

Chicago

2002

Rob Marshall

Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah ...

6.6

59,470

Musical. Comedy. Drama Everyone loves a legend, but in Chicago, there's only room for one. Velma Kelley (Zeta-Jones) burns in the spotlight as a nightclub sensation. When she shoots her philandering husband, she lands on Chicago's famed murderess row, retains Chicago's slickest lawyer, Billy Flynn (Gere), and is the center of the town's most notorious murder case, only increasing her celebrity. Roxie Hart (Zellweger), seduced by the city's promise of style ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"An inspired, breathtaking adaptation (...) A perfect union of stage and cinematic choreography, with great performances by Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere"	POS
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"The movie version of 'Chicago' is a screen triumph that should ride critical kudos and award recognition to significant commercial success."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The movie is a dazzling song and dance extravaganza, with just enough words to support the music and allow everyone to catch their breath between songs (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"It's the raw expenditure of energy and the canniness of the staging that should pull audiences in and keep them rooted."	POS
United States	David Rooney Variety	"A stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions help 'Chicago' make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact (...) [It] dilutes a good deal of the live show’s sizzle and wit"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Leggy Zeta-Jones is so hot in the 'All That Jazz' number, she's flammable. And Zellweger defines delicious. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"'Chicago' doesn't have the visual flair and invention of Baz Luhrmann's 'Moulin Rouge', but what it does have are these showstopping musical numbers (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"The razzmatazz songs display a certain nostalgic facility, and the leads give them all they've got. But Marshall betrays the dancing by never letting us see it properly."	NEU
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"Realized with flair and confidence (...) 'Chicago's musical numbers could stand on their own even if the compelling story didn't sweep them along"	POS
United States	Glen Oliver IGN	"In both concept and execution, 'Chicago' is the real thing, and may someday be remembered with the very best of its genre."	POS

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