Forget all the nasty reviews, this was not a good movie, it was GREAT!!!
The movie is a plot we have seen before, small town girl moves to the bright lights, big city and does good. It is done really well though and it is never boring. The thing that I think worked were all the key players. Christina Aguilera in her first movie does a great job, she had a really nice presence on screen and had a good chemistry with the others namely Cher & Cam Gigandet. Cher is delicious as club owner Tess, I think Cher was just being Cher! Kristin Bell as a drunk, bitchy showgirl was a change of pace from her good girl roles and Stanley Tucci as Tess's right hand man Sean, was the gay BFF we all wish we had. Nice little appearance by Alan Cumming as well.
The musical numbers were fabulous, the costumes and choreography were first rate and we all know Christina can sing and the score makes the most of that. We even get 2 songs from Cher! For me this was the best musical I have seen in a while. The 2 hours flew by in a burst of fun, song, feathers & sequins. Found myself grooving along in my seat a few times. If you want to be entertained then this is the film for you. I will be getting this on blu ray for my collection when it is released.
Before I go & pick up my ostrich feather fans again and dance to the soundtrack. I will finish the post mentioning that the second song Cher sang really struck a chord with me for some reason, here are the lyrics:
"You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me"
Feeling broken
Barely holding on
But there's just something so strong
Somewhere inside me
And I am down but I'll get up again
Don't count me out just yet
I've been brought down to my knees
And I've been pushed way past the point of breaking
But I can take it
I'll be back
Back on my feet
This is far from over
You haven't seen the last of me
You haven't seen the last of me
They can say that
I won't stay around
But I'm gonna stand my ground
You're not gonna stop me
You don't know me
You don't know who I am
Don't count me out so fast
I've been brought down to my knees
And I've been pushed way past the point of breaking
But I can take it
I'll be back
Back on my feet
This is far from over
You haven't seen the last of me
There will be no fade out
This is not the end
I'm down now
But I'll be standing tall again
Times are hard but
I was built tough
I'm gonna show you all what I'm made of
I've been brought down to my knees
And I've been pushed way past the point of breaking
But I can take it
I'll be back
Back on my feet
This is far from over
I am far from over
You haven't seen the last of me
No no
I'm not going nowhere
I'm staying right here
Oh no
You won't see me begging
I'm not taking my bow
Can't stop me
It's not the end
You haven't seen the last of me
Oh no
You haven't seen the last of me
You haven't seen the last of me
UPDATE: This song won the 2011 Golden Globe for best original song in a motion picture
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