trickydicky

I did give it a shot.Really I did.I watched this thing for at least 20 minutes but I just had to turn it off.So bear that in mind when reading this. One question? How did someone as completely STUPID as this guy ever manage to get on a plane in the first place?As other commentators have noted,it's not that he can't speak English;it's that he acts as if someone else has to tie his shoe-laces for him.Here he is trapped in a nightmare where the 'authorites'have grabbed up his passport,and he seems incapable of understanding that he is some very serious trouble.So what is the FIRST thing he does? Lose all his FOOD vouchers while BREAKING a total stranger's luggage(really you had to be there). Oh well,enough about him.Get a load of the Immigration guys.The doofus clearly does not speak English so what do they do.Of course,just babble at him in English and throw him out into the Terminal with no help at all. I have no idea what this movie intended to portray,but IMHO it portrayed stupidity and annoyance almost perfectly.Virtually every character was stupid,and I was very much annoyed. Just BAD.

I avoided this flic when it first came out due to the reviews which concentrated on the 'cynicism'and 'edgyness' of the effort. It is crude.It is rude.And is is filled with enough 4-letter words to be its own zone of bad taste. Know what else? Billy Bob Thorton is masterful as is the rest of the cast.There are no 'heroes',but Billy Bob is not exactly an anti-hero either.He portrays a broken,dysfunctional loser who holds nothing in contempt so much as himself.Desiring nothing so much as extinction,he rambles through life hating EVERYTHING. But it's Christmas,and even for losers third,fourth,fifth,or 50th chances sometimes show up.Watching Billy Bob's character 'grow-up'during the film is surprisingly heartwarming.For a broken man,he does the best he can once he allows himself to 'give-a-damm'. See this for his performance(and the rest of the cast),and be surprised.

Ok, here's the thing. I reviewed this movie previously and gave it a luke warm rating based upon the utter contempt I felt for all the characters,but since some movies require more than one viewing to really appreciate,I felt obliged to give Chicago a second chance as so many others seem to have felt that this is a great film. So I did my duty and I admit I was wrong in my first review.Ashamed to say it but I made a huge mistake the first time around. --------------- THIS MOVIE SUCKED -------------------- I cannot believe that this film is considered the best of 2002.It may or may not be faithful to Bob Fosse's original stage effort,but so what? As a movie to be judged on it's own merits,it is almost totally distasteful.Rather than ramble on and convince no-one,allow me sum it up: CRAPPY PLOT HATEFUL CHARACTERS FORGETTABLE SONGS ANNOYING RATHER THAN STIMULATING DANCING QUICK BUT PURPOSELESS EDITING TECHNIQUE POOR ACTING ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THE SOLE EXCEPTION OF RICHARD GERE ( WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK IT?) ANNOYING ARTIFICIAL NARRATION AND JARRING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN "SONG & DANCE SEGMENTS" AND the non-musical dramatic interludes. This is such a forgettable and sad effort that my wife actually fell asleep during the film,and the worst than that--- I envied her !!! Not even a pale shadow of Moulin Rouge ( A TRULY IMPRESSIVE AND UNIQUE FILM EXPERIENCE) ---- JUST TYPICAL HOLLYWOOD JUNK THAT SETS THE CAUSE OF MUSICALS BACK ANOTHER 20 YEARS. All on its own !!! Wanted to walk out but my wife was asleep so I endured every last annoying frame. Ended up wishing that Roxie had shot not only her scumbag lover,but also had put her pathetic husband out of his misery,and had a shell in the chamber left to ease my suffering as well.