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Cabaret

1972

Bob Fosse

Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey ...

7.8

32,389

Drama. Musical It is the city of Berlin in 1931, a time when political unrest racks the country, the economy has been destroyed, and millions of unemployed roam the streets. Enter into this chaos an American cabaret dancer, working at the downtown "Kit-Kat club" where anything goes on the stage. Into this young dancer's life come several characters such as a rich German politician, a young Jewish man struggling with his identity, an Englishman teacher ... [+]

	Author	Review
Spain	FilmAffinity	"Cabaret" hold this record: Most Oscar wins (8) without winning Best Picture. It won 8 out of its 10 Oscar nominations, including Best Director and Best Actress (Liza Minnelli), but one of its only two losses turned out to be the top prize, which went to "The Godfather" instead.	DIS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Part of its success comes because it doesn't fall for the old cliché that musicals have to make you happy (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Roger Greenspun The New York Times	"A structure of extraordinary mechanical complexity (...) The film sometimes looks like an essay in significant crosscutting, or associative montage. Occasionally this fails; more often it works."	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"It's entertaining and stylish, though maybe not quite as serious as it wants to be."	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"This holds up as a great musical of style and sleaze. Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey are electrifying; director Bob Fosse's choreography and the camera work are scintillating (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Variety	"It is literate, bawdy, sophisticated, sensual, cynical, heart-warming, and disturbingly thought-provoking. Liza Minnelli heads a strong cast (...) Expertly accomplished"	POS
United Kingdom	Jamie Russell BBC	"Contrasting the perverse stage show with the terror engulfing the streets, Fosse turns 'Cabaret' into a dark yet gaudy snapshot of an era of the relentless pursuit of pleasure (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Milne Time Out	"Superbly choreographed by Fosse, the cabaret numbers evoke the Berlin of 1931 (...) so vividly that only an idiot could fail to perceive that something is rotten in the state of Weimar."	POS
United States	Eric Henderson Slant	"What’s striking about watching the film today (...) is seeing just how perceptive it remains about mass psychological collective behaviors and the lengths people will go to subvert their own situations (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Alastair Sooke Telegraph	"[Minnelli] gives a whooshing performance as Sally Bowles (...) It's the 'divinely decadent' Kit Kat Klub (...) that is most mesmerising"	POS
United Kingdom	David Benedict The Guardian	"Their film never remotely resembles a remake, it feels original (...) The songs appear entirely 'natural'"	POS
United Kingdom	Tony Sloman Radio Times	"This is a tremendously effective and affecting adult musical version of writer Christopher Isherwood's Berlin memoirs (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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