Review of A Chorus Line (1985) by Kurt C — 15 Jun 2013

1. I have a soft spot for musicals.

2. I have never seen or heard anything from the stage show before.

That said, I really enjoyed this film. The dance numbers are just spectacular. I'm not much for dancing, but even I found myself impressed, especially the opening audition number and even more so the finale where they did four different lines, of the same actors, all with mirrors. Not sure how they did it, but it was flat out amazing.

I liked that it was one long audition. The film is two hours long and it felt like a real time story.

In the end I felt the best 8 dancers were picked, but a few of the women I was sad to see didn't get it.

Douglas was quite good, but don't expect to see him either dance nor sing. I thought a few of the dancers were given less to do, but everyone else got a good song or moment in.

I think my favorite song, and I thought a lot of music was great, was Dance: Ten; Looks: Three.

I don't get all the bad reviews I've read, as I thought this movie flew by and was super entertaining. BUt again, I dig musicals and have never seen the original play it's based on.

I will say the song they added for Oscar bait was the worst song in the film.