I had put off watching this movie for a good long time. Mostly because I thought Roy Scheider looked creepy on the box. I mean, I've enjoyed some of Fosse's film work, but this one just did not call to me. More so other director interpretations of his work..
So after watching the tv film FOSSE/VERDON, I finally decided t give it a try. Plus it had multiple Oscar nominations, so how bad could it be?.....
I soon learned my answer after sitting through the entire painful 2 hours. While the real life exploits of Fosse can be titillating and fun to watch, the overall presentation and style was just hard to swallow. He at aspirations of Art, but just turned out a mess. About the only character I enjoyed was the girl l who played his daughter. And oddly enough she never acted in film before or since.
Pretty much everyone in the film felt creepy and desperate. Maybe that was Fosse's intention. Plus I didn't enjoy 90% of the songs. Can't have a musical with crap songs and slimy dance routines
So, as a bizarre biopic it might succeed, but as a proper, enjoyable musical it plain sucks. Just not my thing. But hey, I hate "CATS" too, so there ya go.
So after watching the tv film FOSSE/VERDON, I finally decided t give it a try. Plus it had multiple Oscar nominations, so how bad could it be?.....
I soon learned my answer after sitting through the entire painful 2 hours. While the real life exploits of Fosse can be titillating and fun to watch, the overall presentation and style was just hard to swallow. He at aspirations of Art, but just turned out a mess. About the only character I enjoyed was the girl l who played his daughter. And oddly enough she never acted in film before or since.
Pretty much everyone in the film felt creepy and desperate. Maybe that was Fosse's intention. Plus I didn't enjoy 90% of the songs. Can't have a musical with crap songs and slimy dance routines
So, as a bizarre biopic it might succeed, but as a proper, enjoyable musical it plain sucks. Just not my thing. But hey, I hate "CATS" too, so there ya go.