FANTASTIC 5.1 singing & music, great story, great acting, I give it a 10.

Rating: 10/10 (1 November 2013)

Anyone who gave this movie a bad review - are you sure you saw the same movie I did? To be fair, if you don't have a decent audio system, I can see where you may not have enjoyed it to its fullest, but the movie is entertaining, has a very good story, good acting, WOW dancing, and WOW singing. Even in a "normal" living room, it's still fun and should rank no less then 6.5 out of 10.
Where the movie really comes alive is if you have a REAL audio system and big screen (80 inches or larger). I have a real home theater and consider myself somewhat of an audiophile. I've watched / listened to the dance/music sequences 5 times in 3 days. I don't know that I've heard a cleaner, crisper, stronger soundtrack, or seen a better performance, recorded OR LIVE. They really put a ton of attention to details in this movie. When Christina first sings live for instance, they're lip singing to an old sound track, and it's 5.1, but more like MONO 5.1. Somoebody pulls the recorded plug, Christinga takes over, and YOU SWEAR YOU'RE SITTING IN THE CLUB LIVE. Christina sings in front of you, background singers, instruments, and crowd are in and around the room. Thre are a lot of good 5.1 movie sound tracks, but not many as GREAT as this. The drums are so strong at times I had to double check to make sure my sub volume hadn't been bumped up.
If you have a small audio system, small subwoofer, beware!
I was a little disappointed Cher didn't get a larger singing role, but she does a great job - she sounds better than ever. As for Christinga = WOW!! She's a talented performer, and I bought one of her 5.1 live performances, but that was quite honestly terrible. Oh, decent concert, but it's NOT 5.1 Christina. The Burlesque 5.1 surround performances are what you should be putting out.
I guess that's all I have to say - play this on a high end system and I can't see how you won't enjoy it, and listen to it over and over.