Review of Chicago (1927) by Fernando C — 22 Jun 2016

Why I do not like this is very simple. Whenever I watch a movie, I need to be able to sympathize with the characters. These don't need to be GOOD people, just sympathetic. Porter in "Payback' comes immediately to mind here. Here, I hate these people. I think I'm supposed to hate these people, sure, but they're the central narrative of the film. They sing upbeat songs about the bad things they've done, and then get away with those bad things, and the only one who does suffer is the one sympathetic character who MIGHT have actually been innocent.

That might have been the entire point, and I can understand that. That's not a reason for me to like or excuse it though. This movie sickens me.