Nine

See Fellini's melancholic masterpiece 8 1/2, now Americanized, with more signing, dancing ... and lingerie!

Nominated for:
Best Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz
Art Direction - John Myhre, Gordon Sim
Costume Design - Colleen Atwood
Best Original Song - Take It All

There is no raison d'etre fore this movie. It basically is a dumbed down, westernized version of 8 1/2. Except, since there isn't really much to 8 1/2 to begin with, the dumbed-down version has nothing at all worth watching... except maybe Penelope Cruz in her lingerie.

This movie tries too hard to be a replica of Chicago and forgets its purpose. It may be more enjoyable with the sound off, since the songs are dull and stupid, but the dance sequences aren't very interesting either.

Basically, this is expensive, over hyped eye-candy. No awards for you!

Here's the opening sequence to 8 1/2 - no words or music needed to express the same thing as Nine's opening dance number.

Eli