Review – Chicago

If you go into this expecting a Bob Fosse musical starring Renee Zellwegger, Richard Gere and Catherine Zeta-Jones, you’re going to get exactly what you expect. The production’s expensive and elaborate, but still at its heart its just a big Broadway musical. Zellwegger does a fine job as Roxy the homicidal ingénue, and Gere matches her as her smarmy lawyer. Zeta-Jones doesn’t have quite the screen presence her co-stars enjoy, but she can dance the steps well enough. The supporting cast is solid as well, especially Queen Latifah. Upshot: if you like musicals you’re in business, because this is a fine example of the genre. Worth seeing