Great singing and dancing....

Rating: 6/10 (26 August 2014)

A burlesque is basically a classy cabaret strip club where no private areas are shown, only teased. Christina Aguilera plays a stereotypical small town waitress girl who moves to the big city for a new opportunity, where she becomes a waitress (go figure) at a burlesque parlor. However, she soon discovers the beauty and fun that being a burlesque performer is. She auditions for a part, and once in, she starts to make changes to all involved while also trying to save the lounge from a financial crisis. This movie is a predictable and clichéd tale with mediocre acting from some, and superb acting from others. I could actually guess what was coming most of the time. Fortunately, this movie makes up for it's flaws with amazing performances in both dancing as well as singing, to the point that the performances almost seemed to become a character themselves.
Soundtrack: 10 Script: 4 Originality: 2 Cinematography: 8 Casting: 7 Acting: 5