Alan Hewitt, Barbara Bouchet, Chita Rivera
A dance-hall hostess/prostitute with a golden heart falls in love with a naive man from whom she must hide her secret.
DVD Release Date: March 4, 2003
Stats: 255 reviews
It's no All that Jazz or Cabaret, but still very enjoyable. Fosse's experimentation with style is really interesting, but occasionally distracting.
Loved the Fosse dance numbers, especially "Hey Big Spender, The Aloof, The Heavyweight and Gotta Get Out. " Alternate ending is worth watching as well.
I was looking forward to this and I give it 2 stars for Shirley MacLaine but it didn't come off well as a movie and I hated how badly dubbed the musical numbers were. If they remade this now, I would be very happy. There is a lot of potential here.
Yes, it's very dated, yes, it's a touch overlong, but it's still very entertaining. There are some great musical numbers, with incredible choreography by Bob Fosse, especially 'Rich Man's Frug'. The scenes between the songs however did seem to drag on at times.
I loved this movie. Shirley MacLaine is edible (as always) and Bob Fosse continually spices up the narrative with fun innovation. The love story was beautifully genuine and the musical numbers were a whole lot of fun. The only flaw was that it ran a bit long. Some of the numb...( read more)
Yeah this musical is great! Loved the big dance scene at the celebrity party, i love Fosse I love the whole movie.
Bob Fosse is a genius. The movie is dated and could use a little updating( I refer to the stills and the intermission).
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