Burlesque (2010)

I guess it was about sixty-seconds into this film that I decided I would have trouble liking this film. I am not, by any means, a fan of Christina Aguilera’s voice (it’s always so dramatic). So, when she first started singing in the diner, my skin began to crawl. Also, despite popular opinion, I cannot stand Cher’s voice either. Her overly-masculine voice rubs me the wrong way, and, for as long as I can remember, I’ve found her voice to be subpar. I appreciate the story: the search for recognition (no matter how little), the chasing of a dream and finding love. These are all things that people (all over the world) look for everyday and this film certainly speaks to a wide variety of people. However, the means by which this story is presented to the audience is far from what interests me. The way the first hour or so went was done well; there was enough going on to pull the audience in. It all happened quickly and in a way that would certainly attract an audience who loves dramatic song and dance. It was about halfway through the film that I was over the story. Not enough happened, past the sixty minute mark to keep my attention. By this point Aguilera’s Ali had accomplished basically everything she had moved to Los Angeles for and I wasn’t even slightly invested in Cher’s Tess enough to care that her business was going under. When essentially everything I had waited for happened with close to an hour left it was extremely hard to maintain focus. It’s hard to say that I liked this film, however, it definitely was not as bad as I built it up in my head to be (I essentially imagined it to be the worst film I had ever seen). If you’re into theater and theatrics as well as overwhelmingly masculine female voices, this film is for you. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1126591/