Review of Cabaret (1981) by Hoss R — 05 Jun 2013
Cabaret. Liza Minelli was fantastic yet her character was intolerable at times. This would no doubt be considered a musical but I would argue that it absolutely is not. If "musical" literally stands for any movie where a lot of songs are sung by the characters then fine but it is totally different than your standard musical and here's why; at no point did any of the characters spontaneously burst into song and dance.
Liza worked at a lounge where entertainment was given by singing and dancing but it was all relevant to the pot and the fact that singing and dancing naturally occurs there. This point alone made the singing highly tolerable accompanied by the fact that the songs were funny and satirical, and even very serious and important at times.
Overall it has a solid story and good themes. Still not sure how I felt about the ending but it tied everything in nicely even though it was uneventful. Liked it a good amount. 7.5/10.
This review of Cabaret (1981) was written by Hoss R on 05 Jun 2013.
Cabaret has generally received very positive reviews.
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