Cabaret
Allied Artists Pictures | Release Date: February 13, 1972 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
0
Negative:
1
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100
Austin ChronicleStaff (Not Credited)
Minnelli and Grey sparkle, and the Fosse flash is everywhere in evidence. Read full review
100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Chilling Fosse vision of Weimar Berlin, stylishly directed and choreographed, featuring a show-stopping musical performance by Minnelli, Grey's unforgettable emcee and thoughtful acting from Michael York. Read full review
90
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
It is literate, bawdy, sophisticated, sensual, cynical, heart-warming, and disturbingly thought-provoking. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This is no ordinary musical. Part of its success comes because it doesn't fall for the old cliché that musicals have to make you happy. Instead of cheapening the movie version by lightening its load of despair, director Bob Fosse has gone right to the bleak heart of the material and stayed there well enough to win an Academy Award for Best Director. Read full review
80
EmpireKim Newman
It stands as a hugely enjoyable, occasionally chilling, musical. Read full review
80
The New York TimesRoger Greenspun
Cabaret is one of those immensely gratifying imperfect works in which from beginning to end you can literally feel a movie coming to life. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
It's entertaining and stylish, though maybe not quite as serious as it wants to be. Read full review
30
TimeJay Cocks
By the time Scenarist Allen and Director Fosse have wrung them out, what's left - with one exception - is mostly slack and sour. Read full review
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