NINE

NOMINATED FOR 4 ACADEMY AWARDS! BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, ART DIRECTION, COSTUME DESIGN!

 Nine is a savvy piece of musical filmmaking. Sophisticated, sexy and stylishly decked out, Rob Marshall (Chicago)'s film impresses and amuses as it extravagantly renders the creative crisis of an Italian director, circa 1965. Given its basis in a Broadway show, which itself had its origins in Federico Fellini's 1963 classic "8½," the film will probably find a more receptive audience among culture vultures than with the masses. The musical has found its proper place on the big screen, along with a cast that could scarcely be bettered. Not only can they act, but Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Fergie and Sophia Loren can sing….The first big scene establishes the film’s stylized method, as the many women in the life of dashing cinema genius Guido (Day-Lewis) musically make their way onto a giant stage. The glory days of Italian filmmaking are depicted for their chaotic fun, and the delight for the cast plainly shows in their spirited performances. --Variety