Burlesque Movie Reviews

Watch it for Cher and Christina Aguilera. Between the two of them, they create magical mayhem with songs that have become itune anthems: Welcome to Burlesque, But I'm A Good Girl, You Haven't Seen the Last of Me, Express, Bound to You...numbers that remain with you long after curtain call. Watch it for the atmospherics. The Burlesque Lounge may be in sin city but it is innocent and pure, with its gentle peek-a-boo of skin in gossamer

It may claim to be many things but really Burlesque is about Christina Aguilera. When a bona fide music star decides to act, she can’t find a role more tailor-made than this, where she performs eight of the 10 tracks, is on screen most of the time, gets to be raunchy and nice, has two men falling for her and saves a famous club on the strength of her voice alone. One has no doubts about Aguilera’s singing abilities, which have been well acknowledged

A musical with such a stellar cast has no excuse for being boring, but Burlesque starring Cher and Christina Aguilera is a tough slog. Neither inventive in its plot or its treatment, the film borrows heavily from such iconic musicals as Cabaret and Chicago, but can’t seem to replicate even the sheer energy of those films. Aguilera stars as Ali, a small-town waitress with big dreams who buys a one-way bus ticket to Los Angeles, determined to change her life

Though separated by miles in almost everything, Christina Aguilera's [ Images ] Ali Rose -- an Iowa girl with dreams of making it to the top -- is a bit like Capote's free-spirited Holly Golightly. Having said that, I'm not venturing to draw a parallel with that delightful, fictional-factual creation of the late 1950s. In my opinion, which matches with almost everyone's, Holly is in an exclusive league inhabited by her and her cat alone. If Ali and Holly are on the same podium

Madonna, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez have all tried to make the transition from singing to acting. However, the process hasn't been exactly smooth. Now Christina Aguilera follows in their footsteps in an attempt to add a dose to drama to her high notes. She plays Ali a small town girl who wants to be a showgirl. She meets Tess (Cher), who's the Anna Wintour of the showbiz world and who runs a theatre called Burlesque.

Burlesque is Hollywood doing Bollywood badly. The musical stars Christina Aguilera as Ali, a small town girl, bursting with talent and Cher as Tess, the owner of a LA burlesque club, who becomes her mentor. The story is as old as the hills of Hollywood and director Steven Antin just can’t figure out a way to make it new. The cardboard characters work as pit-stops between countless Broadway-style musical numbers. Christina, a best-selling pop artist, has a stunning voice

Watch Burlesque if you have nothing better to do this weekend.