Movie Review: Burlesque

Here's a link to the trailer

I had a rough Sunday - more about that another time - and the hubs was thoughtful enough to think I needed a night out of the house, so he surprised me with an impromptu date night.

We checked what was playing at the local theatre and decided that Burlesque was a movie we had both heard of and wanted to see. I wasn't really sure what I expected going into it, but I was happy with the result.

The costumes are great, and surprisingly the acting isn't too bad, either. It's a fairly typical story - small town girl goes to L.A. to make it big. She falls on hard times, can't find a job, wanders into a burlesque club and stands in awe by what she sees. At first she thinks she's in a strip club, but the guy at the door quickly points out that these ladies don't strip. The lights go out and the show starts. She is dumbfounded and wants in. Blah, blah - not giving away too much of the plot - she finally ends up "in" when the owner realizes she can dance, and not too long afterwards hears that she has some amazing songbird capabilities, too.

There's some romance and they try to throw in a few life lessons, too. My biggest disappointment was that in a movie where more than half the dialogue was sung, Cher only sang two songs. However; Christina Aguilera did not disappoint. I was surprised that she could actually act and as it was her character singing the majority of the songs. Her trademark sound was perfect for the part. I'm not ordinarily a soundtrack person, but I think if I see this soundtrack in the store it's going to make it's way into my shopping cart.

So if you're looking for an escape from your holiday shopping, cooking, party going - I'd recommend this one.