Director Rob Marshall's no stranger to musicals having directed the TV film Annie and the Oscar-winning movie, Chicago, as well as earning six Tony Award nominations for his work on stage. Marshall, on paper, seemed to be the most obvious choice to helm the film adaptation of the stage musical Nine, a musical inspired by Federico Fellini's autobiographical film, 8 1/2. But Nine's dark subject matter combined with Marshall's unimpressive choreography are no cause for a standing ovation.More on Nine:
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- Trailer and Clips from Nine
- Nine Soundtrack Features the All-Star Cast
- Nine Poster Gallery
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I couldn’t help lamenting- as I sat there and regained my hearing and balance from this loud, dizzying movie- how lomg I’ll have to wait that to see Daniel Day Lewis “act” in his next role. After “There Will Be Blood” (which he was robbed of the Oscar, I was so looking forward to more brilliance. Instead I got DDL coasting along, with his only effort excerted while he was singing and hopping around.
The movie was entertaining enough, and any other actor could have done just as well here
I. HATED. THIS. MOVIE.
I loved this movie from the very first number when you realize you have a guy in the midst a mid-life crisis—to the ending shot where he’s finally trying to set things right. In reality, I doubt he’s capable but at least he has the ability to recognize that living life without conscience and trying to meet other’s expectations are not working for him.
I don’t know what people mean when they say they didn’t like the dance numbers. Penelope Cruz’s hot sequence nearly made me swoon and I’m a heterosexual middle aged woman. Judy Dench did a great job and I loved Fergi in the number where they straddle the chairs and scoped sand in the air with their tambourines — a white spray upward…. need I say more…
I knew the original stage musical very well, and this movie is close to a perfect screen adaptation. Someof the original song-pices hat I loved are missiong (”Be On Your Own”, “Simple”, “Getting Tall”), but Rob Marshall has decided that story was more important than shoe-horning in the favourites. Thi film is a trip to the Italian cinema life of the 1960’s, and the life of an inspired director who has lost his inspiration. Daniel Day-Lewis is an apt Guido Contini. His is a pensive Contini. Fergie, as the corrupting Sarraghina is wonderful, and even Kqate Hudson as a newly invented journalist is important to the storyline. It wa a film that had me crying and laughing, as Rob Marshall would have wanted. Nicole Kidman’s portrayal as Contini’s muse was just right. She may have changed her nationality from Italian in the original musical, to Swiss in this movie version. It gives her space from the dark-haired beauties all around in this film, and it is a good decision. This is a film for people who love women, great music, Italy of the 1960’s, and the musical genre. Well done Rob Marshall and cast
Just watched the movie version of ‘Nine’ and felt disbelief when I found that the most famous song ‘Be On Your Own’ was not in it…How come? Thought Rob Marshall would understand more about musicals (after ‘Annie’, ‘Chicago’ and some stage production to his credits)…it’s like making a movie of ‘La Traviata’ or ‘La Boheme’ without their famous arias…The new tunes added to the movie didn’t have the same catchy and touchy feeling as ‘Be On Your Own’ which supposed to be sung by Luisa, the heart-tortured wife of Guido’s, what a shame!