All That Jazz
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: December 20, 1979 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
All That Jazz is great-looking but not easy to watch; Fosse's indulgent vision at times approaches sour self-loathing, and nothing like the explicit open-heart surgery had been seen on mainstream American screens, let alone the morbid song-and-dance routines in an operating theater. Read full review
50
TimeFrank Rich
Though Scheider is a wry, sensitive actor, he soon gets lost in the vulgar theatrics. So does the subject of death. When Fosse attempts to put his heart on the table, he does so too literally. Read full review
50
Washington PostGary Arnold
By the time the film is over, the movie has degenerated with a jaundiced vengeance. Fosse's sour, grandstanding cynicism imposed an intolerable burden of self-pity on his talent, our compassion and the tradition of the backstage muscial. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Almost every scene is excruciating (and a few are appalling), yet the film stirs an obscene fascination with its rapid, speed-freak cutting and passionate psychological striptease. This is the feverish, painful expression of a man who lives in mortal fear of his own mediocrity. Read full review
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