
Murderesses Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger) (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.... (Full plot summary below)
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Murderesses Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger) (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
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| tonymedley.comTony MedleyThis is a funny, entertaining, scintillating 113 minutes that everyone should enjoy. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. Means[Zeta-Jones] makes Velma the coal-lump heart of Chicago a movie that is as dark as it is danceable. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversChicago, based on Bob Fosse's Broadway smash, kills. |
| The Moving Picture ShowJoe LeydonThis is the sleekest and sexiest movie musical to slither, shake and scintillate on-screen since Cabaret. |
| ViewLondonMatthew Turner[An] exhilarating musical that doesn't put a foot wrong. |
| Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanThe 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. |
| SlateDavid EdelsteinIsn't just the most explosively entertaining movie musical in a couple of decades. It's going to be the most influential: the one that inspires the rebirth of the Hollywood musical. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Chicago does not have the visual pyrotechnics of Moulin Rouge, but it makes that movie's storytelling look sluggish. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe movie is a total blast, and what a surprise. |
| Detroit NewsSusan StarkThis Chicago has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit, as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare. |