Seldom would you get a chance to see a reflection of theater so bright and clear on screen. Chicago radiates the Broadway glory in a story about the on-and-off reality of success and failure people go through. Captured on reel, this theatrical delight seems so much better in film - you could almost call it the best.
Roxie Hart (Rene Zellweger) is a wannabe cabaret singer who lands in prison facing a public hanging for the murder of her 'lying' lover. She manages to rope in Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) for her case, by bribing the prison warden "Momma" Morton (Queen Latifah). Flynn is a cr....