Review of Cabaret (1981) by Christopher B — 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. The musical numbers didn't do anything for me, really. The movie could have worked better as a non-musical, it does have an interesting story behind it.
If you had to leave some of the music, I'd take out all of the numbers besides Minnelli's two major ones, with maybe the intro song as well. I'd also take out the Jewish couple subplot; I realize what they are trying to do with it, I just don't think they do it particularly well or clearly.
This review of Cabaret (1981) was written by Christopher B on 25 Oct 2013.
Cabaret has generally received very positive reviews.
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