Sweet Charity Reviews

To be honest, even though I'm not a fan of musicals, I still watch one from time to time, especially the classics, so I thought I might as well check this one out. It was in fact Bob Fosse's directing début. Fosse was basically some kind of legend in the musical world, responsible for classics such as 'Chicago'. Anyway, with his directing début, Fosse decided to make some kind of musical remake of 'The Nights of Cabiria' (which I haven't seen) and it starred Shirley MacLaine who gave here her typical quirky performance. I mean, I have nothing against her, she has had an impressive career going through 6 decades (!) but she basically always gives the same performance, half sparkling and half obnoxious. Back then, she was much younger and delivered here a decent performance and the songs and dances were not bad at all as well. Unfortunately, like most of the musicals, I thought the story was nothing really amazing, I didn't care much about the characters involved and, honestly, I was bored sometimes. Anyway, to conclude, even though it is far from being Fosse's best musical, it is still worth a look though, especially if you like the genre.