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Alynda Wheat, People: WEAK (cg) "...obviousness isn't 'Burlesque's' big crime -- wasting talents like Alan Cumming and Peter Gallagher in throwaway roles is." (Read the full review...) 127 words, 11/25/10 Mary Pols, Time: FAIR "...frivolous fun... Lacking the snap of 'Chicago' or the insane creativity of 'Moulin Rouge,' it's a middle-of-the-road musical." (Read the full review...) 826 words, 11/24/10 Christy Lemire, Associated Press: MODERATE (cg) "...a shameless vehicle for Christina Aguilera, trying to position herself as an actress in her film debut... She can really sing, of course... but the performance is all one note otherwise..." (Read the full review...) 695 words, 11/23/10 Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: FAIR (cg) "...a showbiz pic for these 'American Idol' times -- a time when we agree to pretend that mediocre mimicry of better artists is good enough to keep us entertained." (Read the full review...) 469 words, 11/24/10 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: POOR (cg) "...never loses its shit, never gets erotically out of hand, never devolves into delicious camp.... It's just dishwater dull." (Read the full review...) 275 words, 11/26/10 Scott Bowles, USA Today: MODERATE (cg) "Musicals may enjoy greater leeway than other genres, but this tale of a cow-town girl who dreams of making it big pushes even Hollywood believability." (Read the full review...) 357 words, 11/24/10 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: MODERATE (cg) "...offers burlesque as if it died and went to heaven.... shows Cher and Christina Aguilera being all that they can be, and that's more than enough." (Read the full review...) 783 words, 11/23/10 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: MODERATE (cg) "...sporadically entertaining, although not always for the reasons writer/director Steve Antin intends.... plays like a parody of those country-girl-makes-good-in-the-big-city dramas..." (Read the full review...) 881 words, 11/25/10
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: WEAK "...quickly proves achingly dull, with none of the madness, verve or talent of Paul Verhoeven's 'Showgirls' or even the workmanlike energy of Rob Marshall's 'Chicago.' " (Read the full review...) 939 words, 11/24/10 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK (cg) "...sometimes it's fun to be assaulted by sequins, wigs, corsets and retro homage. But Xtina's fans can find all that already... two hours of recycled plots and plastic acting." (Read the full review...) 380 words, 11/24/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...a safe place for Aguilera to show off her song and dance chops. And that she does... But no, 'Burlesque' is top-heavy from start to finish. Maybe that's what you do when you have nothing new to say." (Read the full review...) 945 words, 11/24/10 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "Aguilera can dance like nobody's business, but her acting debut isn't going to keep Anne Hathaway awake at night." (Read the full review...) 333 words, 11/24/10 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: WEAK (cg) "Most backstage musicals are ridiculous, but this is ridiculous. Is there a love interest? Shyeah!" (Read the full review...) 563 words, 11/24/10 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: POOR (cg) "...filled with half-naked dancing girls, yet it's still boring.... doesn't even have the camp potential of a 'Showgirls' or a 'Dirty Dancing'..." (Read the full review...) 285 words, 11/24/10 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: MODERATE (cg) "...offers burlesque as if it died and went to heaven.... shows Cher and Christina Aguilera being all that they can be, and that's more than enough." (Read the full review...) 783 words, 11/23/10 Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: POOR "Instead of leading with what Aguilera does best -- belting, vamping, spotlight hogging -- the movie shoehorns her into a rehashed backstage musical conceit..." (Read the full review...) 890 words, 11/24/10 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: MODERATE (cg) "Sex and nudity? Nothing more than you'd see in a TV ad for the Bahamas, unless the sight of someone consuming a banana onstage sounds arousing." (Read the full review...) 669 words, 11/24/10 Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE (cg) "Falling in the pillowy cleavage between mildly awful and slightly entertaining... a clichéd rags-to-diva story that culminates in a series of Christina Aguilera videos." (Read the full review...) 279 words, 11/24/10 Josep Parera, La Opinion: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...ni apasiona ni ofende. Causa la más absoluta indiferencia." (Read the full review...) 369 words, 11/26/10 Glenn Sumi, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...cribs from any number of trashy pictures about showbiz, but it's not nearly as much fun as 'Showgirls.' " (Read the full review...) 281 words, 11/25/10
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...uneven but infectiously cheery... delivers eyeful after eyeful of rapid-fire opulence and spectacle." (Read the full review...) 770 words, 11/24/10 Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "So much for the plot, a floss-thin line on which to hang razzle-dazzle production numbers..." (Read the full review...) 611 words, 11/24/10 Mick LaSalle, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...irresistible... big, perfectly cast and entertaining in every way, but more than that, it feels like a generous public event. See it with other people. See it with a crowd." (Read the full review...) 721 words, 11/24/10 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: MODERATE (cg) "Get your mind out of the fishnets!" (Read the full review...) 514 words, 11/24/10 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: MODERATE (cg) "A competent, buoyant, busy showbiz fantasy... hits its marks and high-kicks its way offstage just before it gets the hook." (Read the full review...) 519 words, 11/24/10 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: MODERATE (cg) "...a predictable story occasionally interrupted by increasingly lavish song-and-dance numbers. That they are the highlight is no surprise." (Read the full review...) 436 words, 11/24/10 Robert W. Butler, Dallas Morning News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Saving the film from disaster are Aguilera and the musical numbers.... As an actress, Aguilera more than holds her own and is very, very watchable." (Read the full review...) 599 words, 11/24/10 Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...entertaining enough, like watching a celebrity workout film with a plot. But never once is it believable." (Read the full review...) 707 words, 11/24/10 Clint O'Connor, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: POOR (cg) "...hilariously bad..." (Read the full review...) 466 words, 11/24/10 Mike Russell, Portland Oregonian: MODERATE (cg) "Christina Aguilera has magnificent pipes... Unfortunately, the movie they built around that soundtrack is a clichéd drag that wastes talented actors." (Read the full review...) 218 words, 11/24/10 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: MODERATE (cg) "...a worn-out show-business fairy tale piggybacking on a nonexistent trend." (Read the full review...) 399 words, 11/24/10 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: GOOD (cg) "...a monument to fabulousness..." (Read the full review...) 566 words, 11/25/10 Adam Graham, Detroit News: FAIR (cg) "...a dull slog that doesn't have the good sense to come out of the gate vamping it up and never look back." (Read the full review...) 525 words, 11/24/10 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: VERY GOOD (cg) "...really a showcase for Aguilera. Reminiscent of 'Showgirls' minus the sex, nudity, sleaze, bad acting and horrible dancing, 'Burlesque' is a typical 'A Star is Born' story." (Read the full review...) 611 words, 11/26/10
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: POOR "Instead of leading with what Aguilera does best -- belting, vamping, spotlight hogging -- the movie shoehorns her into a rehashed backstage musical conceit..." (Read the full review...) 890 words, 11/24/10 Mack Rawden, Cinema Blend: WEAK (cg) "Vaguely realistic is always worse than not realistic at all." (Read the full review...) 848 words, 11/26/10 Alexandra Cavallo, Boston Phoenix: WEAK (cg) "...one part 'Showgirls' and two parts 'Coyote Ugly'... a hackneyed tale of the small-town girl whose big dreams in the big city (LA) run into the expected obstacles..." (Read the full review...) 194 words, 12/02/10 Nathan Rabin, AV Club: GOOD (cg) "...a terrible film that will delight nearly everyone who sees it... the kind of instant camp classic that audiences enjoy shouting along with countless times..." (Read the full review...) 436 words, 11/23/10 Ed Gonzalez, Slant: MODERATE (cg) "When the best you can say is that it isn't as bad as you expected, you know it has failed." (Read the full review...) 445 words, 11/22/10 Glenn Sumi, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...cribs from any number of trashy pictures about showbiz, but it's not nearly as much fun as 'Showgirls.' " (Read the full review...) 281 words, 11/25/10 Edward Adams, Atlanta Creative Loafing: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "At best, it's campy, predictable and pedestrian. Even with so much missing, its still quite entertaining and really fun." (Read the full review...) 859 words, 11/25/10 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: FAIR (cg) "It's all so ridiculous but kinda old-fashioned, in a nice way, in spite of itself." (Read the full review...) 718 words, 11/24/10
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: POOR "...a theme park version of a tawdry tradition." (Read the full review...) 351 words, 11/26/10 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: WEAK "...quickly proves achingly dull, with none of the madness, verve or talent of Paul Verhoeven's 'Showgirls' or even the workmanlike energy of Rob Marshall's 'Chicago.' " (Read the full review...) 939 words, 11/24/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...a safe place for Aguilera to show off her song and dance chops. And that she does... But no, 'Burlesque' is top-heavy from start to finish. Maybe that's what you do when you have nothing new to say." (Read the full review...) 945 words, 11/24/10 Jessica Grose, Slate: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a campy, satisfying showcase for the impressively flashy vocal and sartorial stylings of Cher and Christina Aguilera.... a worthwhile trifle for admirers of either icon." (Read the full review...) 681 words, 11/23/10 Alonso Duralde, Salon: WEAK "It isn't good, mind you, but it isn't the kind of bad that inspires midnight screenings and drinking games and Halloween costumes." (Read the full review...) 1,446 words, 11/25/10
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: FAIR "...an overwrought, underwritten hootchy-kootchy tuner that desperately wants to be 'Cabaret,' but lacks the edge and historical context to pull it off." (Read the full review...) 941 words, 11/18/10 Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...a smart and sassy expedition back to MGM musicals under Arthur Freed, by way of Bob Fosse's jazz-style song-and-dance movies." (Read the full review...) 1,089 words, 11/19/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...a safe place for Aguilera to show off her song and dance chops. And that she does... But no, 'Burlesque' is top-heavy from start to finish. Maybe that's what you do when you have nothing new to say." (Read the full review...) 945 words, 11/24/10 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "A guilty pleasure par excellence... writer/director Steven Antin imbues the entire saga with an overtly, but inoffensive campy sensibility..." (Read the full review...) 853 words, 11/19/10 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: WEAK "...quickly proves achingly dull, with none of the madness, verve or talent of Paul Verhoeven's 'Showgirls' or even the workmanlike energy of Rob Marshall's 'Chicago.' " (Read the full review...) 939 words, 11/24/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: POOR "...a theme park version of a tawdry tradition." (Read the full review...) 351 words, 11/26/10
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