Review of the movie Chicago essays

Review of the movie Chicago essays The 2002 movie Chicago was adapted from Bob Fosse's 1975 Broadway musical, Chicago. It featured A-list actors and actresses varying from Renee Zellweger who played the main character Roxie Hart to Richard Gere who played lawyer Billy Flynn. Some other main characters featured in the movie were Catherine Zeta-Jones who played Velma Kelly and Queen Latifah who played Mama Morton. Chicago was set in the roaring 20's, when tap dancing was a form of entertainment, especially for the rich. The movie begins with Roxie Hart (Zellweger) shooting her unfaithful lover. When she goes to jail she meets Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and is in awe of her. Velma was and still is famous on Broadway, something that has always been Roxie's dream. Velma is in jail for murdering her sister, who also happened to be her partner on Broadway. Velma loves the media attention she is getting, and her infamous lawyer, Billy Flynn (Gere), is determined to get her out. He has never lost a case, and supposedly he can win any case for only 5000 dollars. When Roxie saw how much attention Velma was getting from having Billy as her lawyer, she sends her husband him. Once Billy takes over her case she finds herself in the spotlight, something that she has always dreamed of. At the end of the movie Billy sets up the prosecuting lawyer to get both Roxie and Velma off the hook. The final sce ne of the movie is the first performance that is not a daydream. It concludes with Roxie and Velma having a duet and Broadway, something that both of these murderers dreamed of. Throughout the movie Roxie dreams of being on Broadway. At some points the audience is fooled into thinking that her dreams are actually happening in the movie. One of the best scenes featured in the movie is when lawyer, Billy Flynn, performs a tap dance routine. One of the most obvious steps that he uses is the cramp roll. He made it look very easy, but now that Ive learned it I know that it is n...