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THEATRICAL RELEASE
Dec 27, 2002 (Limited)
VIDEO RELEASE
Aug 19, 2003 (VHS)
Aug 19, 2003 (DVD)
NUMBERS
Box Office: $169,478,994
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CONSENSUS
A rousing and energetic adaptation of the Broadway musical that'll have you tapping your feet.
CAST & CREW
Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere
Directed by Rob Marshall
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SYNOPSIS
Everyone loves a legend, but in Chicago, there’s only room for one. Velma Kelley (CATHERINE ZETA-JONES) burns in the spotlight as a nightclub sensation. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, sexual content and dialogue, violence and thematic elements
RUNTIME
1 hour, 53 minutes
RELEASE DATES
RELEASE COMPANY
Miramax Films
GENRE
Comedies, Dramas, Musical & Performing Arts, Musicals, Dance, Musical, Murder, Prison, Dancers, Songs
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Chicago Site
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DVD FEATURES
DVD REVIEWS
SOUNDTRACK REVIEWS
PARENTS EVALUATION
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TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
TIDBITS
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NEWS ARTICLES
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SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "The final result makes for adequate entertainment, I suppose, but anyone who has seen Chicago on stage will leave the theater feeling they've watched nothing but a pale imitation of the real deal."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
 "Rousing throwback and up-to-the-minute satire, Chicago puts the “all” in all that jazz."
-- Jeffrey Westhoff, NORTHWEST HERALD (CRYSTAL LAKE, IL)
"A fluffy, naughty, cynical, and most of all – musical – good time."
-- Brian Webster, APOLLO GUIDE
"If this film were any smoother, it would be frictionless."
-- Widgett Walls, NEEDCOFFEE.COM
"Director Rob Marshall went out gunning to make a great one."
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
"The film is bright and flashy in all the right ways."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"I'd give real money to see the perpetrators of Chicago torn apart by dingoes."
-- Rob Vaux, FLIPSIDE MOVIE EMPORIUM
"Every dance becomes about seduction, where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated, and sex is currency."
-- Joshua Tyler, FILM HOBBIT
"The usually quiet Zellweger is the revelation: Like her character, the actress seems happily amazed to find herself crossing a polished dance floor, sheathed in silk and diamonds, having the naughty, self-glorifying time of her life."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"Ultimately, in the history of the Academy, people may be wondering what all that jazz was about "Chicago" in 2002. Zellweger's whiny pouty-lipped poof faced and spindly attempt at playing an ingenue makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a"
-- Michael Szymanski, ZAP2IT.COM
"Chicago offers much colorful eye candy, including the spectacle of Gere in his dancing shoes, hoofing and crooning with the best of them."
-- David Sterritt, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
"By the time it ends in a rush of sequins, flashbulbs, blaring brass and back-stabbing babes, it has said plenty about how show business has infiltrated every corner of society -- and not always for the better."
-- Christopher Smith, BANGOR DAILY NEWS (MAINE)
"My goodness, Queen Latifah has a lot to offer and she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts. She must have a very strong back."
-- Dan Marcucci and Nancy Serougi, BROOMFIELD ENTERPRISE
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"Sure, there are flaws, but the moments that do things properly see the screen burst with confidence, rhythm, heat and pizzazz."
-- Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK CRITIC
"Chicago pode até ser um filme divertido e cativante (como é), mas acaba representando um passo que vai na direção contrária à evolução dos musicais."
-- Pablo Villaca, CINEMA EM CENA
"Renee Zellweger is amazing and Richard Gere brings a life to the screen that he hasn't in several years."
-- John Venable, SUPERCALA.COM
"Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah and even sad-faced ol' John C. Reilly will have you singin' and dancin' in the aisles."
-- John Urbancich, SUN NEWSPAPERS OF CLEVELAND
"Look, this is a terrific flick replete with dazzling camera-work, dancing and music."
-- Tony Toscano, TALKING PICTURES
"Chicago glorifies murder, glamorizes sex & death -- in other words it is just right for today's unsunny times."
-- Jeet Thayil, REDIFF.COM
"It's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak. But what spectacular sizzle it is!...In this incarnation its fizz is infectious."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"Watch for Roxie’s dance with the mirrors, for the courtroom three-ring circus, for Billy’s tap dance, and for Roxie’s and Velma’s big finale in front of a wall of light. For those who have seen “Chicago,” these scenes are likely burnt into your mind. For"
-- Steven Snyder, ZERTINET MOVIES
"Dazzling and sugar-sweet, a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex, scandal, and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver."
-- Gabriel Shanks, COZZI FAN TUTTI CELLULOID MUSINGS
"The trouble is the jazzy vaudeville-like musical numbers are energetic but hardly memorable, while the story is irrelevant and seems to be
there only as an excuse to go into a musical number."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
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FRESH 94%
Avg. Rating: 8.6/10 |
"Chicago is sophisticated, brash, sardonic, completely joyful in its execution."
-- Stephanie Zacharek, SALON.COM
"Gives everyone something to shout about."
-- Philip Wuntch, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"It's fun, splashy and entertainingly nasty."
-- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"With few respites, Marshall keeps the energy humming, and his edits, unlike those in Moulin Rouge, are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it."
-- Bruce Westbrook, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"Leggy Zeta-Jones is so hot in the 'All That Jazz' number, she's flammable. And Zellweger defines delicious."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"This Chicago has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit, as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"Delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle that everyone, especially movie musical fans, has been hoping for."
-- Frank Scheck, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Chicago is, in many ways, an admirable achievement."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"A stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions help Chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact."
-- David Rooney, VARIETY
"The real star of this movie is the score, as in the songs translate well to film, and it's really well directed."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
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"The best film of the year 2002."
-- Chuck Schwartz, CRANKY CRITIC®
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* Who are the Approved Tomatometer Critics?
* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Chicago" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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