Delivers what it promises, and more!

Rating: 8/10 (24 April 2011)

Despite the predictable premise, the cliché overall storyline and it's sometimes painfully stiff out of place dialogue, this movie is a absolute JOY to watch! The writing could have been better, I will give you critics that, but the music, dancing, set design, costumes, atmosphere and pretty much everything else that the filmmakers were actually FOCUSING on is just top notch! I have read a lot of negative reviews that mostly take aim at the storyline and writing but Im telling you, that was not why they made this movie. This movie was made to showcase great music, dancing and everything I mentioned above, not for award winning writing or acting.
Christina Aguilera does a fine job with the acting and superb job with her vocal and dance performances, Cher is great in her music numbers but her acting was a little bit stiff, Stanley Tucci delivers well despite the fact his role was extremely cliché, but my favourite performance by far, was by Alan Cumming, he is HILARIOUS in this! But his role was way to small, perhaps 10 minutes of screen time in total, but totally worth watching! Overall, if you like a great dance musical number with a happy ending, this is for you!