Chicago's so engrossing that you even forget to reach out for the Coke n' popcorn. Now isn't that entertainment!

In effect it is filmed theatre, but this brings its own compensations: the more fake Chicago looks, the more real it seems to get.

What makes this more than a film of a great stage show is the way that the action spills seamlessly from the stage sets into real life. Magic.

A couple of songs were left behind and I find the rat-a-tat editing distracting from the performances and musical numbers.... [T]he mercenary spirit and the splashy musical numbers, however, give the entire cast their moment in the spotlight