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11/30/2010 » latest reviews Cher. Barney's Version times & tickets Burlesque The Company Men No Strings Attached Fandango BY ROGER EBERT / November 23, 2010 The Way Back Search movie more current releases » showtimes and buy The burlesque shows in tickets. “Burlesque” feature no one-minute movie reviews nudity, no striptease, no cast & credits baggy pants comedians and about us no performers with names Tess Cher still playing like Porsche Galore. Other Ali Christina Aguilera About the site » than that, the shows are Jack Cam Gigandet All Good Things identical to the offerings at Alexis Alan Cumming Another Year the Rialto and Follies Site FAQs » Sean Stanley Tucci Barney's Version burlesque houses that Nikki Kristen Bell Black Swan Contact us » flourished on South State Blue Valentine Vince Peter Gallagher Street when I first visited Burlesque Marcus Eric Dane Email the Movie Chicago as a sin-seeking Carlos Answer Man » teenager. Casino Jack Screen Gems presents a film Chicago Heights “Burlesque” offers burlesque written and directed by Steven The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as if it died and went to on sale now Antin. Running time: 116 minutes. The Company Men heaven. Behind a tawdry Country Strong side entrance on Sunset Rated PG-13 (for sexual content including suggestive dance Due Date Strip, a club exists that Essential Killing routines, partial nudity, language would make a Vegas casino Fair Game and thematic material). proud. It has the eerie Faster expanding and contracting The Fighter dimensions of fantasy. At For Colored Girls first, the stage is the right Four Lions size for an intimate cabaret; The Green Hornet later, there's enough space Gulliver's Travels to present a production Buy now » Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 number with dozens of How Do You Know? (unaccounted for) dancers I Love You Phillip Morris descending a staircase The Illusionist worthy of Busby Berkeley. The King's Speech The audience is all shadowy Burlesque Leaving extras, whose friends will Cher, Christina Ag... Love and Other Drugs have to look real hard to Best Price $18.99 Made in Dagenham spot them. or Buy New $18.99 Megamind Monsters The “Burlesque Lounge” Buy now » Morning Glory attracts the attention of Ali My Dog Tulip (Christina Aguilera), the The Next Three Days proverbial small-town girl Privacy Information Night Catches Us just off the bus from Iowa. No Strings Attached She walks in just in time to Printer-friendly » The Nutcracker in 3D see Tess (Cher) E-mail this to a friend » 127 Hours conveniently performing the Outside the Law number “Welcome to Rabbit Hole Burlesque.” In this scene Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale and throughout the movie, Buy now » Season of the Witch Cher looks exactly as she Seven Days in Slow Motion always does. Other people age. Cher has become a logo. Somewhere The Tempest The movie has a limited cast of broadly drawn characters, used to Tiny Furniture separate song-and-dance numbers. Tess co-owns the club with her Today's Special ex-husband Vince (Peter Gallagher). As a couple, they inspire games The Tourist of What Is Wrong With This Picture? His function is to eagerly hope Tron: Legacy they can sell out to Marcus (Eric Dane), the real estate developer who True Grit wants to tear down the club and put up condos. The club bartender is Unstoppable Jack (Cam Gigandet), who wears eyeliner but turns out to be straight. Buy now » Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen He allows Ali to crash on his sofa, but there's no sex because he has The Way Back a fiancee in New York and also because the film has a PG-13 rating. Welcome to the Rileys The stage manager is Sean (Stanley Tucci). He's gay, except for one White Material unforgettable night with Tess in Reno. Or Lake Tahoe. She forgets. more current releases » The star dancer is Nikki (Kristen Bell), who grows instantly angry with Ali after the farm girl tells her she looks like a drag queen. They must not see many drag queens in Iowa. There is also the nice girl named on dvd Georgia (Julianne Hough), who … well, a plot like this only leaves one thing for her, doesn't it? new on dvd Buy now » Sorry, I got distracted again, thinking of the condo tower Marcus wants Dogtooth (1/26) to build. How big a footprint will it need? We get repeated shots of the Still Bill (1/25) exterior of the lounge, which consists of an arch of light bulbs next to Secretariat (1/25) what looks like the side of a modest frame building with outside steps Santa Sangre (1/25) to a second floor that doesn't seem to exist inside. RED (1/25) Nowhere Boy (1/25) On the landing of those steps on that first night, Ali sees a black girl The Social Network (1/11) standing, who smiles nicely to her. We see this same girl repeatedly in Dinner for Schmucks (1/4) the film, but she never gets a name or any dialogue. She has the role Buy now » Catfish (1/4) of the Black Girl Who Is Seen But Not Heard as a Member of the Club The American (12/28) Family. She shouldn't complain. No other dancer gets to be anything at all. more new on dvd »

In the film, both Cher and Christina Aguilera are showcased in big coming on dvd song numbers, which I enjoyed on a music video level. Aguilera has an unforced charm in her early scenes, but as she morphs into a Conviction (2/1) glamorous star, she becomes increasingly less interesting. We learn Let Me In (2/1) she is an orphan. That simplifies the back story. The Long Good Friday (2/1) Lucky Lady (2/1) Buy now» You know how in Bollywood musicals the star actress will be all by her Mona Lisa (2/1) lonely self on a mountain top, and when she starts to sing and dance, Monsters (2/1) a dozen male singer-dancers materialize out of thin air? That happens Never Let Me Go (2/1) here in the big finale. The girls form a perfect chorus line, a stairway to A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2/1) the stars appears, and a dozen male dancers descend. Where did For Colored Girls (2/8) they come from? Where will they go? Remember, this club is so small, Hideaway (2/8) there is only one clothing rack backstage for all the costumes. more coming on dvd » Is this the movie for you? It may very well be. You've read my review, great movies on dvd and you think I'm just making snarky comments and indulging in Buy now» cheap sarcasm. Well, all right, I am. “Burlesque” shows Cher and Christina Aguilera being all that they can be, and that's more than The Circus (10/20) enough. Superman (11/4) Metropolis [2010 Restoration] (11/16) Red Beard (11/18) Santa Sangre (1/25) more great movies on dvd »

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