It’s sort of hard to call an Academy Award Best Picture winner a guilty pleasure, but I seem to remember a bit of a kerfluffle given the competition that year: The Pianist, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and Gangs of New York. You could make an argument that Chicago is the lightweight of the bunch. But this one is a must stop when I come across it on cable.
Things I really like about the movie:
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Chicago, while being a musical also imparts a sense of being at the theater.
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Love the music, especially And All That Jazz, Nowadays, We Both Reached for the Gun, and Razzle Dazzle.
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A fun cast, including Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger, Queen Latifah, and John C. Reilly.
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The Cell Block Tango is probably the best dance number, a great song, and the ladies are easy on the eyes.
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Love the rousing closing sequence of Nowadays, All That Jazz, the audience cheering and then into the credits.
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It’s Chicago!
See, my guilty pleasures aren’t all about cars and/or Jason Statham.