Best Picture of 2002: Chicago

The 1920s, the sights, the music, the short dress and hair to match. It was a fast pace changing world during the time. The booze was running just as wild as the women. That was not any more true when it came to Mrs. Roxie Hart. Roxie dreams of being on the stage and is willing to do anything to get herself there. She starts cheating on her husband with a man who says she can get her into show business. When she learns that he was lying to her just to get a piece of ass she goes into a rage and shoots him dead. He is on death row and is will to do anything to get out. She hires Billy Flynn, a lawyer who has never lost a case, to get her off. The next few months is a crazy mix of winning over the public before her trial. All of this set the satisfying sounds of Jazz.

In one of the best musicals to ever be brought to the silver screen Chicago was deserving to win Best Picture. It was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and took home 6 of them. Miramax had a hit on their hand. Not only that but this movie is one of the biggest reasons as to why musicals have started to make their way back to the big screen. Chicago beat out: Miramax's Gangs of New York; Paramount's The Hours; New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; and Focus Features' The Pianist.

God to I love this movie! It has been some time since I have seen it but as soon at the song All That Jazz  started to play I was HYPED! I can listen to these songs all day. Even as I am typing this I am re-watching The Cellblock Tango  for the third time. I am going be singing these songs all day! I got the privilege to see the play earlier this year. It's very different from the play but the movie does an excellent job of not loosing the feeling of the play and following along with the narrative that the play does. If you are looking for an amazing musical and wildly entertaining movie to watch Chicago is the one you need to watch next!