Movie #176: Cabaret

Movie #: 176
Movie Title: Cabaret
Year Released: 1972

Director: Bob Fosse
Notable Cast: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Fritz Wepper, Marisa Berenson

Short Description: A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #63
IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: N/A
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FilmCrave.com: N/A
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Date Watched: 1/28/2016

Grade: 3.5 out of 5 (Very Good)
Adjusted Grade: 4 out of 5 (Excellent)

Rationale: Believe it or not, I’m a big fan of some movie musicals, the most prominent being Chicago, Rent, and The Wizard of Oz. Cabaret can be added to that list as well. I thought the musical sequences were both catchy and entertaining. The interaction between characters was compelling and a good job was done of incorporating events around the characters as outside influences from a pre-Nazi Germany. Also, I was childishly amused whenever Michael York was on screen because my first thought of him is from Austin Powers. I did feel the last 30 minutes dragged a bit, but that doesn’t take away from how good Cabaret was overall. In the end the grade could have easily been a 4 out of 5, but I settled for 3.5 out of 5, which is still very good, only because I don’t think it’s quite as memorable as the other musicals I have high regard for.