Directed by: Rob Marshall
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Catherine
Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere
Club singer Velma
Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and celebrity hungry Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger)
are two women who commit crimes of passion.
Velma kills her husband and sister when she finds them rolling around in
bed together. Roxie kills her boyfriend
when she finds out that he can’t get her the vaudeville engagement he promised. The two murderesses end up in jail together
awaiting their trials. Velma and her
attorney Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) understand the power of the press in her
pending legal battle, so he does everything to keep her image positive and
popular in the media. Roxie catches onto
this and wants some attention from the media as well. She hires Billy as her lawyer and knocks
Velma out of the spotlight. They get
locked in an endless battle to achieve stardom while incarcerated. Chicago
is a rather unique musical. It’s
seductive. It’s electric. It’s dazzling. The energy from this adaptation of the
Broadway musical is palpable. Get a
taste of this captivating film as soon as you can.
