Burlesque Reviews

Movie Reviews

• well this is so bad, it's ... bad

  by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger ]

• the plot is skimpier than the costumes

  by Lou Lumenick [NY Post ]

• style-less exercise in mediocrity in need of a dose of self-awareness

  Review rate : C- by Adam Graham [Detroit News ]

• spends much of the movie onstage, singing and dancing

  by Manohla Dargis [NY Times ]

• safe place for Aguilera to show off her song and dance chops

  by Betsy Sharkey [Los Angeles Times ]

• remains slightly off-key

  by Scott Bowles [USA Today ]

• offers dispiriting evidence that the Hollywood musical is stalled at weak imitation

  by Karina Longworth [Village Voice ]

• not as bad as "Showgirls" but not nearly as good as "Chicago,"

  by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]

• no finesse. Just plot and dialogue that land with audible thuds

  by Robert W. Butler [Kansas City Star ]

• like watching a celebrity workout film with a plot

  by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]

• just a predictable story occasionally interrupted by increasingly lavish song-and-dance numbers

  by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]

• exceedingly well shot and edited - some of the musical numbers are knockouts - and it emits an upbeat, pleasant vibe that carries you right past its plentiful cliches

  by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald ]

• entertaining in every way, but more than that it feels like a generous public event

  by Mick LaSalle [San Fransisco Chronicle ]

• earnestly ersatz down to every spangle, dance move, plot turn, and line of hokum dialogue

  Review rate : C- by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly ]

• cheeky fun

  by Chris Barsanti [Filmcritic.com ]

• between mildly awful and slightly entertaining

  by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail ]

• a farrago of atrocious acting and worse singing

  by Peter Howell [Toronto Star ]

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