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Burlesque
PG (SINGAPORE)
2011
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Positive Reviews
34
Negative reviews
28
Average Rating
2.7
/5
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3.2
Burlesque is the kind of instant camp classic that audiences enjoy shouting along with countless times, a la Rocky Horror Picture Show or The Room.
Av Club
2.2
Tucci is overrun by the machinery of synthetic spectacle operated with a newbies license by first time feature writer director Steven Antin.
EW
2.5
When the best you can say about Burlesque is that it isnt as bad as you expected, you know it has failed.
4.5
And while some of the characters never rise above cheesy L.A. stereotypes, Stanley Tucci finds the perfect balance of sincerity and playfulness as Tes ..
Screen Daily
3.5
So Burlesque celebrates its talented stars and the renaissance of burlesques cheeky fun.
The Hollywood Reporter
0.0
The movie is an affront to all things screenwriting; a package of empty envelopes at the cliche factory that actually should have every cliche filing ..
E Film Critic
3.0
Not enough films hit the sweet spot that Burlesque does between ridiculous, flagrantly decrepit and yet game enough in spangly execution to sweep you ..
Telegraph
5.0
Its big, perfectly cast and entertaining in every way, but more than that it feels like a generous public event.
San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
After all, any movie that opens with jazz hands, stripper heels and an ambitious ingenue walking out on her waitressing job cant possibly be aiming fo ..
Ny Daily News
2.5
2 out of 4 stars Country USA Language English Falling in the pillowy cleavage between mildly awful and slightly entertaining, Burlesque is a cliched r ..
The Globe And Mail
2.5
The Spy Who Dumped Me is an action comedy withwell, it has action.
Philly
3.1
Burlesque is a preposterous and intermittently entertaining lesson in how to make a movie musical with a little brains and a lot of talent.
Philly
2.5
Time stops, audiences both on and off screen simultaneously get tears in their eyes and shivers down their spines and gigantic boners, and the films m ..
Village Voice
3.0
Christina Aguilera is an Iowa waitress who shimmies and sings her way to stardom in a fading bump and grind nightclub on the Sunset Strip; Cher is the ..
Chicago Reader
2.8
Cher gets to be a den mother, fag hag and performer all in one. Aguilera wears outrageous costumes and is gifted with shoes that look like they ran aw ..
2.5
Instead, it bristles with exuberant numbers that strain beneath the weight of cliche.
Usa Today
2.5
The end result is a well made yet thoroughly uninvolving documentary thats unlikely to win over newcomers to the sport, though air hockey devotees wil ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.5
It has a very predictable storyline with some cliches taking the story forward.
FilmiBeat
2.5
And thats because weve seen this sort of story and its character types so often that nary a surprise lies in wait for the audience.
Screen It
3.5
Its difficult to imagine a more outrageously camp movie than this glittery romp, and fortunately theres a sense that the cast and crew understand this ..
Shadows On The Wall
2.0
The concept album that is Arethas Gold follows the chronology of Aretha Franklins hits, all released in 1967 and 1968, apex years of the decade not ju ..
Pop Matters
3.5
Its not enough to describe Dead Man as simply an anti western; its an iconoclastic deconstruction of late 19th Century American values and mores, many ..
Pop Matters
0.6
Burlesque manages what seemed impossible: It is filled with half naked dancing girls, yet its still boring.
News Day
2.2
If you go to Burlesque expecting a campy hoot on the order of Showgirls, you may be in for a disappointment. Its not quite awful enough, although its ..
Cs Monitor
2.5
PHOTOS: MUSICIANS IN MOVIES Though the film clocks in at two hours, the plot is skimpier than the costumes.
New York Post
2.5
Her voice is undeniably impressive, but Ive always found its melisma ridden power to be rather emptily virtuosic rather than truly distinctive.
Film Journal International ..
3.1
Its entertaining enough, like watching a celebrity workout film with a plot.But never once is it believable.
Boston
2.5
Devotees keep returning to it just to make sure that its as risible as they think it is.
Smh
2.5
The film is a feel good Cinderella story, yet it frequently confronts our current grim realities.
Star Tribune
1.5
Gosh, the piles of silliness in this magnificent piece of trash are almost too much to bear.
2.5
Its more corny than campy and more silly than sexy, much mores the pity.
Toronto Star
3.5
My advice.Never mind about the films predictable, age old Hollywood musicals plot.
Reel Talk Reviews
2.0
Gone is the bland blonde who bored us to tears in When In Rome and You Again.
Daily Mail
3.0
A campy, satisfying showcase for the impressively flashy vocal and sartorial stylings of Cher and Christina Aguilera.
Slate
3.0
The music and dance are thrilling and the costumes saucy enough to satisfy, but the whole is so camp and cliched that it must be deliberate.
Empire
3.5
Its full of tits and ass, a few engaging scenes and some laughs, but dont expect a big emotional jolt which is what this film really needs to carry us ..
2.5
Susan Grangers review of Burlesque (Screen Gems/Sony Pictures) Burlesque is a tawdry TinselTown amalgam of Showgirls and Glitter.
Susang Ranger
2.0
Whats The Deal: Not good enough or moving enough or musically engaging enough to be memorable and not hilariously horrible enough a piece of failed ar ..
Movies
3.5
It may not give the best film musicals a run for their money, but Burlesque is the most indulgently fabulous time youll have at the movies this year, ..
Movies
2.5
Its lulling, the narrative equivalent of Muzak.The rest of the movie follows suit, unfolding predictably but pleasantly.
Time
2.0
Approached in the spirit of seasonal good cheer you might just have a good time.
Express
1.9
The films inadvertent laughs start petering out around the two thirds point, which is sad.But at its worst/best Burlesque is a camp hoot the likes of ..
Chicago Tribune
2.5
Its a simple case of knowing when enough is enough, and although Burlesque is a welcome surprise even with all its flaws, it makes you wonder how much ..
Bullz-Eye
1.0
Its meant to be flashy and modern, while using the creakiest writing imaginable to reminisce about an old showbiz style.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
There is zero evidence of anything approaching authenticity.But God, its wonderful.
Total Film
2.0
Consequently Burlesques running time swells to almost two hours to satisfy the demands of a story that frankly seem hardly worthy of such an effort.
Hollywood
2.5
At nearly two hours long, Burlesque has a decent 90 minute musical hiding somewhere in it.
Coles Mithey
2.5
But should you find yourself in the mood for Big Musical Numbers by the score rather than a film, theres a lot to like about Burlesque.
Los Angeles Times
1.8
When you pull out every cliche in the book, youre bound to end up with a movie so predictable you can guess every line seconds before theyre uttered, ..
3.5
But Antin is no Bob Fosse. Hes not even Debbie Allen, particularly since the choreographed numbers are edited so choppily that you never get to see a ..
Hit Fix
1.9
Horrible plotting, hilariously insipid dialogue, often awkward performances these things add up to a film you can joyfully ridicule with your friends.
Aisle Seat
1.9
The whole things so safe, so straight, so completely anti fabulous it could put Elton John in gray flannel.
Nj
4.0
Its totally ridiculous, utterly unbelievable and deliciously naughty as much as a PG 13 movie can be.But part of the fun of a movie like Burlesque is ..
7M Pictures
2.5
The drama is telegraphed and glossy and un fascinating; the edges have been belt sanded until any camp value is lost.
Oregon Live
1.0
It might have been fun, for those who like this sort of thing, but the razzle dazzle just isnt there.
The Age
3.0
You know, there are plenty of reasons to bag Burlesque: the terrible acting; the stupid story; the awful dialogue; Cher.
The Age
3.5
Those not willing to indulge the film will see this as an endless rock video for Aguilera, while those willing to go along for the ride will find this ..
Maki At The Movies
2.0
In the hands of first time writer director Steve Antin,Burlesque may be aiming for Cabaret style glamour, but mostly it plays like stale cheese.Chers ..
Abc
2.0
The result is something thats both watch through your fingers awful and dementedly entertaining so bad it could almost be Showgirls.
Digital Spy
1.3
Bland and pre fab, all of Aguileras burlesque numbers are forgettable slices of junky, flash in the pan bubblegum pop junk.
Dustin Put Man
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
1.5
Its interesting to see the bear dance but youll never confuse it with Baryshnikov.
Hollywood And Fine
1.5
Theres literally nothing in this picture the average filmgoer hasnt seen before, layering a wet blanket over the proceedings.Even the most red hot of ..
Brian Or Ndorf
0.5
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Hollywood Chicago
2.0
However, what keeps these moments merely enjoyable and not wildly entertaining is poor camerawork.
Shockya
2.0
The big musical numbers feel more like pop videos than an all out camp fest spectacle.
Sky
2.5
In this flashy, trashy spectacle of sequins and sparkle dust, the subversive performance medium is watered down to little more than pretty girls mimin ..
Sbs
1.5
The eye rolling silliness of the musical genre is also much in evidence.
reason
3.0
Yet there is a certain gusto to the performances that ensures that there is never a dull moment, even if most of the time the narrative is as predicta ..
The National
1.0
Still, many have already named Burlesque as the unintentional comedy of the year, and on some painful level it is hilariously enjoyable.Just dont expe ..
Trespass Mag
3.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
5.0
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Ny Press
3.0
I predict Gigandet will have many, many spokesman offers from baked goods companies after this film.
The Diva Review
4.5
To be clear, Burlesque itself isnt worth writing about: the plot is shopworn, the acting oddly awkward and stilted.
The Tyee
4.0
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News Of The World
2.0
Pervert At the end of the proverbial day, Burlesque outstays its welcome and sags in the middle but as a winningly knowing exercise in ludicrously OTT ..
Ultra Culture
3.1
And sure, Showgirls is a deeply weird and cynical movie, but that weirdness also gives it an energy that Burlesque lacks.
Nyc Film Critic
3.1
Wasnt it astonishing that the only nude scene involved not one of the burlesque dancers, but the posterior of the handsome male lead, who also has an ..
Jackson Ville
4.5
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Screen Junkies
4.0
But forget the storyline and acting.This is all about the music and director/writer Steve Antin has fashioned a spectacle worthy of Broadway.
Cinema Clips
3.5
Dont judge Burlesque by its clichesits got em all and who cares.Note Antins extra shimmies: Stanley Tuccis scene stealing turn as the clubs man of cos ..
Amy Weekly
3.5
Its no turkey but a succulent bird, a (hot) pink flamingo with colorful plumage.
Towle Road
2.5
A movie that couldve made Gigli hang its head in retroactive pride.
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