Sometimes, I felt the transition of the number from stage to screen was a bit, well, stagey, but the film overall works.

Penelope Cruz gets the Hottest Scene of the Year award. That phone sex number... yowza.

Judi Dench is always great, Daniel Day-Lewis is always great, and Marion Cotillard has not missed in a single performance of hers I've seen.

Kate Hudson was surprisingly good in a small role. Fergie, also surprisingly, had the best singing and the best dance routine.

Nicole Kidman didn't work for me. Like, at all.

Overall, definitely worth seeing... though musical haters won't be converted. See it for Cruz's sexy number though... yeesh, I was sweating.

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