Review of Cabaret (1993) by Bear Aspirin — 09 May 2008

The most fascinating and extraordinary...

This review of Cabaret (1993) was written by Bear Aspirin on 09 May 2008.

Cabaret has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Jonathan B (2,317) on 01 Apr 2018

Honestly... kind of worthless to me. the cabaret scenes were all super fun…

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By Garrett C (538) on 13 May 2014

Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey light up the screen with fun musical numbers amid an otherwise incredibly dull and meaningless picture…

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By Bill T (1,098) on 27 Sep 2013

This tops my list for the greatest musical of all time…

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By Ioana ? (155) on 11 Dec 2013

Joel Grey was amazing. Liza was...well.. Liza. (an aquired taste)…

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By Nilufer R (1,189) on 20 Mar 2014

The musical numbers are fantastic. It's too bad the rest is so boring…

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By Joseph M (773) on 12 Mar 2017

Very loosely adapted from the hit Broadway show, Cabaret follows a prim English student (Michael York) and an energetic stage performer (Liza…

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By Ben L (1,326) on 10 Mar 2017

Basically every song in Cabaret and the way they were spliced in to augment the story was great…

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By Mike V (837) on 18 Aug 2018

Movies like this just can't be done without Bob Fosse…

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By Brett C (553) on 19 May 2014

Cabaret is a classic musical that every musical theater buff should see…

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By Christopher B (2,528) on 25 Oct 2013

Joel Grey didn't deserve the the Oscar (especially over Al Pacino for The Godfather), and I don't even know how he was nominated…

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