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Title: same poor direction as Chicago
Review: I know... I know... Chicago won all those awards! As in Chicago all female performances are done by actresses who really dont sing and dance that well. In Chicago every dance scene is cut after 10 seconds and editted together. In this film, Penelope Cruz is afraid of looking into the camera, and all the dance scenes are filmed from Row M in the back of the theater. I guess this is done because Cruz and others cant give a believable closeup, just as Zelweigger couldn't in Chicago. It takes a special kind of talent to be able to do the "Vamp" thing and look right into the camera lens. I don't know who's the bigger incompetent here, Marshal or Cruz, but to waste DD Lewis and have him sitting around grinning convincingly is a shame, and we are never treated to experience any real "spirit" or guts. It's all a showy spectacle that lacks the heat the play within the play is supposed to be so full of.
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