Review of Cabaret (1972) by Janai E — 18 Dec 2007

Oh my god, this is my new favorite movie ever!!

This review of Cabaret (1972) was written by Janai E on 18 Dec 2007.

Cabaret has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Cabaret

Review of Cabaret (1972)

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

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

Read Review

Review of Cabaret (1972)

By Kyle M (2,387) on 22 Aug 2014

A great adaptation on a broadway musical that flows very well with great performances - even though it was talkative - while the style was…

Read Review

Review of Cabaret (1972)

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…

Read Review

Review of Cabaret (1972)

By Dawdlingpoet (1,123) on 23 Nov 2021

I enjoyed the musical numbers, costumes and choreography wise and I thought Liza Minnelli gave a particularly good performance…

Read Review

Review of Cabaret (1972)

By Josè M (1,677) on 25 Jul 2014

Featuring impeccable performances by Liza Minelli, Joel Grey and Marisa Berenson, provocative musical numbers, stylish set and art direction,…

Read Review

Review of Cabaret (1972)

By Wilfrid Sheed (4) for The New York Review of Books (223) on 09 Jan 2018

The Bowles cycle is a gruesomely instructive guide to our worst show biz conventions…

Read Review

Review of Cabaret (1972)

By Tino P (463) on 06 Mar 2017

Great performances and evocative musical numbers help Cabaret secure its status as a stylish, socially conscious classic…

Read Review

Review of Cabaret (1972)

By Cameron J (1,335) on 22 Mar 2015

I never really liked Liza Minnelli. There, I said it…

Read Review

Review of Cabaret (1972)

By Elliott H (71) on 22 Mar 2015

I never really liked Liza Minnelli. There, I said it…

Read Review

Review of Cabaret (1972)

By John K (1,706) on 23 Jul 2018

Liza Minnelli's energetic performance in stylish musical numbers ties togetther a weak plot and a confused direction…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of American Beauty (1999)

By Chrisl (15) on 04 Jun 2009

A really awful overblown and pompous film with very poor directing extremely awkward dialogue, and terrible acting…

Read Review

Review of Bad Education (2004)

By Stuart Klawans (282) for The Nation (355) on 14 Nov 2004

I think that Bad Education may have something to tell us about living through the next years. Not that Almodóvar offers any advice…

Read Review

Review of Dancer in the Dark (2000)

By D00Mm4R1N3 (3) on 15 Oct 2017

Dancer in the Dark starts out fine enough with song and story then quicly disintegrates into your typical Euro-trash dark drama…

Read Review

Review of Billy Elliot (2000)

By Broyax (884) on 28 Dec 2017

Alors, ça se passe dans l'Angleterre des années 80, celle des mineurs en grève et le gamin de 11 piges se découvre une passion pour la…

Read Review

Review of The Elementary Particles (2006)

By Dawn M (161) on 23 Dec 2007

Disjointed and random scenes that never come to fruition. Interesting characters that are never given proper direction through script. Disappointing…

Read Review

Review of Lili Marleen (1981)

By Minna S (192) on 17 Mar 2010

Unbelievably and unbearably uninteresting. And it took about 10 minutes to realize this. So the 2 hours were more or less torture…

Read Review

Review of Amadeus (1984)

By Nazgulero (109) on 05 Dec 2012

Simply awful. The acting is so bad, and Tom Hulce's performance in particular, this movie is unbearable to watch…

Read Review

Review of Walk on Water (2004)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 May 2005

Honorable but not particularly affecting…

Read Review

Review of Desert Hearts (1985)

By Yannick M (12) on 14 Mar 2007

The love scenes were contrived and the ending left me ... limp? I don't know, just not into a lesbian rendition of My Fair Lady…

Read Review

Review of Wings of Desire (1987)

By Mattdinovo (1) on 22 Oct 2018

Matthew DiNovo The movie, Wings of Desire, is a 1987 classic fantasy romance German film from Wim Wenders…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Cabaret

1972

80%615 Reviews

The Wood

1999

72%305 Reviews

Life as a House

2001

70%593 Reviews

American Sniper

2014

73%958 Reviews

Her Husband's Betrayal

2013

60%3 Reviews

Muppets from Space

1999

59%487 Reviews

All Good Things

2010

58%641 Reviews

Shredder

2003

39%44 Reviews

Son of Frankenstein

1939

69%117 Reviews

The Black Sheep

1932

58%511 Reviews