"I'm sorry you doubt me, Brother Rabbitte."

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 2003)

If there was no other reason to watch this film, you could still watch it for the music. The band is superb, and would be worth the price of admission (or rental) alone. It'll have you dancing in front of your telly. No question.
Fortunately though, there's plenty of other reasons to see it, such as... (deep breath) the snappy, witty dialogue, the wonderful performances (musical and otherwise), the warm but insightful writing, the tremendously powerful direction, the brilliant chemistry of the actors in the band etc, etc, etc...
This is one hell of a film.
Also, i don't know if Joey "The Lips" Fagin was lying through his teeth about the rest of his exploits, but he could play the trumpet, couldn't he?