Chicago (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) | 
| Director: Rob Marshall
Actors: Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-jones, Richard Gere, Taye Diggs, Cliff Saunders
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  942 reviews
Sales Rank: 29359
Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Hungarian (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: DISD35001D
UPC: 786936239058
EAN: 0786936239058
ASIN: B0009X75RO
Theatrical Release Date: January 24, 2003
Release Date: December 20, 2005
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Bob Fosse's sexy cynicism still shines in Chicago, a faithful movie adaptation of the choreographer-director's 1975 Broadway musical. Of course the story, all about merry murderesses and tabloid fame, is set in the Roaring '20s, but Chicago reeks of '70s disenchantment--this isn't just Fosse's material, it's his attitude, too. That's probably why the movie's breathless observations on fleeting fame and fickle public taste already seem dated. However, Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones are beautifully matched as Jazz Age vixens, and Richard Gere gleefully sheds his customary cool to belt out a showstopper. (Yes, they all do their own singing and dancing.) Whatever qualms musical purists may have about director Rob Marshall's cut-cut-cut style, the film's sheer exuberance is intoxicating. Given the scarcity of big-screen musicals in the last 25 years, that's a cause for singing, dancing, cheering. And all that jazz. --Robert Horton
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 O Star June 3, 2009
neotroglodyte (desert southwest)
Zero Star.
Nothing redeemable here. Bad people behaving, singing, and dancing badly and getting away with it on film, in the box-office, and with the Academy.
It is slick...but so, too, is a film of oil on an aeration pond in a sewage treatment facility. Regarding this putrescent monolayer; flush it.
 Best Picture? Not even close... May 1, 2009
Alan Starr (Lawrence, MA)
Speaking of Rene Zellweger, that just reminded me that I also recently watched this movie for the first time. Unfortunately, it did nothing for me (and I tend to actually like musicals!). I can't believe this won all those awards (Best Picture???). It looked great, and the acting was good, but I never gathered any sympathy or empathy with any of the characters, and the music itself didn't do much for me either.
 My alltime favorite movie April 12, 2009
Gailya J. Illsley (North Carolina)
I watched this movie so many times I thought I should own it. It's my all time favorite movie.
Chicago Widescreen Edition April 1, 2009
E. Bent
The product arrived on time and was in perfect condtion! Would certianly purchase from this seller again!
 Alright but Overrated March 11, 2009
D. Reed (Elkton, MD USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
How can I describe the most overrated musical of all time? Well it was good I'll give it that. Everyone could sing except Zellwegger. She looks likes she's squinting half the time and she's off key the other half. Secondly, the musical numbers are staged in a distracting way. Instead of being straight forward sequences, we are jarringly taken out of the main story and thrust onto the stage where the songs are being performed, thus proving that this musical was not really meant to leave the stage, they just have a stagey (I know that's not a word) type feel and don't feel organic. The only number that felt organic was "Class" and that was cut from the movie anyway. The movie brings us one step foward and the numbers are almost like two steps backward. If you want a musical with an uninterrupted storyline and actual organic musical sequences, watch "The Blues Brothers" and its sequel, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (only if you're really, really, really into [all out] musicals and the Beatles), "Mamma Mia!" and "Sweeney Todd".
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