Burlesque
Screen Gems | Release Date: November 24, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
21
Negative:
6
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38
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsDec 9, 2010
The choicest dialogue in Burlesque provokes the sort of laughter that other, intentionally funny films only dream of generating. Read full review
30
Village VoiceKarina LongworthDec 9, 2010
What you remember when it's over is the impact of Aguilera's voice, but not what she's singing; montages of body parts, but not the choreography; and Aguilera's face, music-video-trained to hold a close-up so emotionally exaggerated, you might even call it a burlesque. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenDec 7, 2010
Burlesque bumps and grinds. And then it continues to grind and grind and grind. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversDec 9, 2010
It could have been the 21st-century Showgirls. I wouldn't have missed that for the world. Instead, Burlesque, starring Cher and Christina Aguilera playing drag queen versions of themselves with all the vitality of Madame Tussauds wax dolls, is a bust that lacks the pizzaz and bugfuck nuttiness of Paul Verhoeven's 1995 trash epic. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedDec 9, 2010
Burlesque is the celluloid equivalent to a Big Mac attack, and any resemblance to a plot is purely coincidental. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternDec 9, 2010
Basically a theme-park version of a tawdry tradition. Read full review
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