Was it good? No. Did I enjoy it? Yes:)

Rating: 7/10 (9 December 2010)

Obvious story of beautiful talented singer Ali (Christina Aguilera) moving from Iowa to Los Angeles to find fame and fortune. She (almost immediately) finds a job as a bartender in a bar called Berlesque Lounge run by Tess (Cher). She quickly becomes a top singer in the bar and is romanced by hot hunky roommate Jack (Cam Gigandet) and rich Marcus (Eric Dane). Totally obvious complications follow. It leads to an ending with EVERYBODY happy--and had me smirking at the screen:)
OK--this is a terrible movie--there's no two ways about it. The plot is ridiculously obvious and topped by truly horrendous dialogue. There's also incredible leaps of logic--Jack is as bartender but then we see him playing piano in the band. He can do both at once??? Also Ali's rise to fame is ridiculously fast. The acting is terrible. Gigandet is a good actor--but you'd never know it from this. However the guy has NOTHING to work with. His brief nude scene is nice though:) Aguilera can sing and dance--but can't act. Some of her attempts at acting were embarrassing. Cher seems unable to move a muscle in her face. I love her but she's had TOO many face lifts! Alan Cumming,Peter Gallagher and hunky Eric Dane were shamefully underused in small roles.
On the up side--the singing and dancing (and there was a LOT of both) were great! The songs were good and the dancers (male and female) were good-looking and full of energy. The last number is a true show stopper. Stanley Tucci is GREAT as the gay club manager. He easily throws off one liners in a hilarious manner. And also Gigandet is ridiculously attractive (and blows equally hot Dane off the screen). And, best of all, the dance numbers weren't edited by somebody who is ADD addicted. The camera actually stands still a few times and you can SEE the dances.
So--is it good? No...but I had a fun time watching it. The singing and dancing WAS incredible. I give it a 7 for that alone...and Gigandet:)