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When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Favorite movie to watch again and again! Great story, great message and great music!

At least it's got Cher, and the iconic "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend". There isn't much else to see or listen to. Annoyingly unoriginal story about an ambitious, small town Iowa girl named Ali (Christina Aguilera), who leaves the slow lane for the fast lights and glitter of L.A.There, she too easily lands a job at a nightclub overseen by Tess (Cher). The club features small tables and a stage whereupon mini-clad young ladies dance, lip-sync to the music, and pose evocatively for mostly male patrons. Ali gets her chance to replace the lead performer. Along the way, various characters and incidents intersperse the club's stage numbers to keep the contrived plot moving along.You get the feeling that the entire script was written for Aguilera. Yes, she can sing, if by singing you mean yelling out lyrics attached to modern rap beats, nominally called "music", devoid of melody or substantive meaning. Aguilera specializes in loudness. The stage numbers start out fine, before Aguilera horns in, but then deteriorate. The final stage number reeks of cringe inducing, vapid noise.Further, Aguilera is miscast. She looks too little-girl innocent in the first half; in the second, with all that garish makeup and posing, she looks horribly fake. Cher is better cast and I like her backstage presence. Performances are okay. Indoor lighting looks convincing. But the stage seems to change size; in one scene, it looks small, in another, overwhelming.I would have preferred a more unpredictable plot, more emphasis on Cher's character, a different actor for the Ali character, and stage numbers that didn't sound like they came from the portfolio of Justin Bieber. Still, the presence of Cher elevates "Burlesque" to borderline entertaining. It's worth a one-time watch.

Contains Minor SpoilersWhen I heard of this film, I had reservations because it looked like a pop style version of Chicago, with the lead actresses being Cher and Christina Augilera I was more dubious about watching it, because although Cher has been in movies before like the Witches of Eastwick I've never seen Christina in a film before.So when a friend had recommended I watch the film they lent me the DVD, I must say I heavily surprised by the film and I loved the layout of the story.I especially liked it when Ali Rose (Christina Aguilera) sang Tough Lover and Bound To You, for it used her powerful voice to make the best of the music and of course you cannot forget Tess (Cher) singing You Haven't Seen the Last of Me.I highly recommend you watch this movie, as it is amazing and the music and story is great.

So the walking dead Cher ('Laugh In') and Christina Aguilera want to make a movie? Here comes the pain baby here comes the pain! What's next? Pauly Shore teams up with Jerry Lewis? The plot: imagine every movie clichés in history. Small town girl wants to make it as star in the big city. An older mentor shows her the way. In Cher's case she's a really older mentor. The nightclub is about to be foreclosed on by evil greedy slime balls. Yup, that's the plot. There's nothing else to say.Now get ready for the celebrity cameos. I have no idea why they think they can save this movie. Have celebrity cameos ever saved any movie? Celebrity cameos have only ever worked in goofy comedies like 'Back To the Beach.' See what I mean? The best example of celebrity cameos in film history is 'Back To the Beach!' They don't work! So Christina Aguilera goes to work at a burlesque club in LA. And it's not a gay bar! WTF? Do burlesque shows even exist outside the gay night life? Even burlesque shows in Nazixploitation films are gay bars! Whatever.Cher has obviously had way to much plastic surgery and should accept her age gracefully.... Is what I said in 1985! In 2010 this is just ridiculous! Even the most die hard Cher fan is ashamed of the way she looks. Lucio Fulci had zombies that weren't as scary as her.So their nightclub is threatened by evil condo developers. How can they solve this problem? Put on a show of course! No! They don't do anything! Cher just talks the developer out of buying their nightclub. Yup, that's the climax.In summary, I've had root canals better than this film. I'd rather endure Chester Novell Turner and Godfrey Ho's entire filmographies than see one minute of this! This isn't even worth seeing to laugh at. It's just bad. Really really bad on every level.