Burlesque [M]

Small town singer, Ali leaves her hometown of Iowa and goes to LA for her chance at stardom. Whilst looking for a job, she is enchanted by Burlesque, a nightclub filled with glamour, sizzling jazz, and the best view. 

Oh I loved this movie. It’s dazzling, it’s sexy, and it’s just great. A simple story armed with glamour, sequins, and brilliant makeup and music, Burlesque was a great film. One that I feel I must add to the collection. 

Small town singer, Ali leaves her hometown of Iowa and goes to La for her chance at stardom. Whilst looking for a job, she is enchanted by Burlesque, a nightclub that’s filled with glamour, sizzling music, and the best view in town. Tess, the club owner who is desperately trying to save her club from the greedy clutches of the bank, is intrigued when she discovers that she has a potential star on her hands. But amidst praise, spoiling, glamour, and jealousy, Ali is going to find that keeping her head is much harder than being a star. 

Well, it first must be said that the costumes and the makeup in this movie were the true stars. All the designers should be congratulating themselves. The stage outfits were sexy, tantalising, and wonderfully glamorous, and the makeup was simply dazzling! Oh how I wish I could do that. 

I think what I really liked about this movie was the simplicity of it. The story itself and the messages within it are as old as the hills, but what kept the film fresh was the modern take on the classic burlesque of the Jazz Age. You know, stuff you’d find in Chicago or even Nine. Providing a subtle clash to the seductive costumes was the modern soundtrack that featured original songs for the film as well as a little bit of Boston and Neon Trees. The mixture of jazz and pop was actually rather refreshing and worked quite nicely together. Good on you sound people! 

Armed with brilliant performances from Christina Aguilera, Cher, Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough, Peter Gallagher, and Alan Cumming, Burlesque was a great film filled with glamour, razzle dazzle, hot songs, memorable characters, and great dance routines. I absolutely loved it!