I waited a while to see this one. Among the incessant TV teasers, multiple Oscar nods, and the fervor, I needed to delay viewing until the hype died down. Is it as good as everyone makes it out to be? Yes. Chicago is quite worthy of the many accolades lavished upon it. Markedly better than the bland Evita, and equally dazzling but less ostentatious as Moulin Rouge, Chicago distinguishes itself because its underlying point isn't biographical or love story. It's about media sensationalized criminal trials and how the public just can't get enough of them. The movie's tag line, "If you can't be famous, be infamous", sums up the driving force behind the two main characters; Valma Kelly and Roxie Hart, two jailed murderesses determined to get off by using a slick lawyer, the abuse excuse, and the press.
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