Burlesque (2010)

Favorite movie to watch again and again! Great story, great message and great music!

At least it's got Cher, and the iconic "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend". There isn't much else to see or listen to. Annoyingly unoriginal story about an ambitious, small town Iowa girl named Ali (Christina Aguilera), who leaves the slow lane for the fast lights and glitter of L.A.There, she too easily lands a job at a nightclub overseen by Tess (Cher). The club features small tables and a stage whereupon mini-clad young ladies dance, lip-sync to the music, and pose evocatively for mostly male patrons. Ali gets her chance to replace the lead performer. Along the way, various characters and incidents intersperse the club's stage numbers to keep the contrived plot moving along.You get the feeling that the entire script was written for Aguilera. Yes, she can sing, if by singing you mean yelling out lyrics attached to modern rap beats, nominally called "music", devoid of melody or substantive meaning. Aguilera specializes in loudness. The stage numbers start out fine, before Aguilera horns in, but then deteriorate. The final stage number reeks of cringe inducing, vapid noise.Further, Aguilera is miscast. She looks too little-girl innocent in the first half; in the second, with all that garish makeup and posing, she looks horribly fake. Cher is better cast and I like her backstage presence. Performances are okay. Indoor lighting looks convincing. But the stage seems to change size; in one scene, it looks small, in another, overwhelming.I would have preferred a more unpredictable plot, more emphasis on Cher's character, a different actor for the Ali character, and stage numbers that didn't sound like they came from the portfolio of Justin Bieber. Still, the presence of Cher elevates "Burlesque" to borderline entertaining. It's worth a one-time watch.

"Burlesque" Oh Christina ! The voice, energy and beauty in one filigree body ! Story is simple – a girl comes to LA to make a carrier !Lots of song et cetera. I have noticed that during Alice's "audition" there is as a backdrop a collage of Tamara Lempicka (POLISH great artist)painting. 'Adam&Eve' – once belonging to Barbara Streisand a remarkable artist of POLISH descend too. Keep on dancing and singing C!She is such a great even though being filigree but her voice is power. Cher long time not seen this still is a woman to watch.All but all I spent a pleasant time watching it.More pleasant to listen to all songs included in it.

Ali, a small-town girl from Iowa, life is about to change dramatically. Hired by Tess as a waitress at the titular Lounge, Ali escapes a hollow past and quickly falls in love with the art of burlesque. Backed by newfound friends amongst the theatre's crew, she manages to fulfill her dreams of being on stage herself. Things take a dramatic turn though when Ali's big voice makes her become the main attraction of the revue......If you only see one film with Christina Aguilera and Cher starring, make sure it's this one.It's clearly obvious that the makers wanted a vehicle for the singer after seeing her with The Pussycat Dolls, melded the stories of Coyote Ugly and Rock Of Ages, gave it a sassy remix, and this is what came out of its back end.Its trashy stuff for sure, and the stereotypical characters you see in these sort of films are so blatant, that Tucci may as well wear a T-shirt saying 'Camp assistant who everyone loves'.But its clearly watchable stuff, released at the height of Glee's popularity to get more revenue, and deep in the story, it's just basically David vs. Goliath, the small good time club, up against the bigwigs who want to open up a massive 'complex'.But complex is something the story is not, and its nothing you haven't seen before. You know she will get the guy, you know the popular dancer before her will eventually warm to her, and you know Cher will become more horse like as the film progresses.Its a silly film, but entirely watchable. A lot like a Christmas tree in the day, pretty to look at, but not much going on...