Thoroughly Entertaining

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2011)

Ali (Aquilera) goes to Los Angeles to make it big as a singer/dancer. She becomes a waitress in Tess' (Cher) burlesque club and later becomes the star.
Good music, dancing, acting, script, dialogue and some funny lines make this as good as CHICAGO.
I was caught off guard for a minute. Burlesque in California, why not the east coast where Burlesque ruled for a time? And, if I heard correctly, the performers lip-synced the songs for the customers because this was really a strip club, but no one stripped. I kept watch for that. Nada., nothing, zero
Burlesque, as I had heard, had comedians as well as song and dance girls. Not in here. But, the music was of such a toe-tapping nature, we didn't miss the comedians. All was good. I have new respect for Christina Aquilera. The girl can sing. Maybe a few acting lessons are in her future, but she held her own. And, Cher sang the opening song and I kept hoping for more of her singing. She did sing one more song later on and WHAT A TALENT !! Can't say enough about her singing. And, her acting is right up there too.
What really made this good with excellent pace was the story interspersed among song and dance acts. Very lively, very real, and very good. The editing for this was fantastic.
Over all a good time, very entertaining.
Violence: No. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: One F-bomb was heard. Otherwise soft stuff: GDI and the s-word