Awful.

| Mar 30, 2019

It's impossible to know if [Christina Aguilera's] actually acting, since the music-video cutting rhythms don't give her time to sustain so much as a compound sentence, not that the script provides any.

| Mar 28, 2019

As Burlesque ground along its obvious and well-worn path, my inner voice indeed shouted, "Take it off," though my request was directed toward the projection booth rather than the dancers onstage.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Mar 28, 2019

And it's this tension that rescues Burlesque - a film cursed with being too competent to be a Showgirls-style guilty pleasure, and too ropey to be really recommendable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 28, 2019

Burlesque is so bad that it's good: over-the-top, ridiculous fun.

| Mar 28, 2019

The only relevant choreography would have shown Bob Fosse spinning out of his grave.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 28, 2019

It's more hallucination than story, but hey, If you think of it as a slightly deranged long music video divathon it can be a lot of fun.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 18, 2012

[Burlesque] is hold-your-nose bad.

| Oct 7, 2011

Burlesque aims for classy and hits somewhere around inoffensive.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 5, 2011

What starts out as an enjoyable piece of fluff turns tiresome, and that's a shame.

| Feb 9, 2011

The tone is earnest, verging on sentimental. Or maybe it's just the effect of Antin's leaden dialogue, for it inspires some execrable acting. As a movie star, Aguilera is yet to shine.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 14, 2011

The images are murky and off-putting, the wisecracks fall flat, and the musical numbers aren't stylish or excessive enough to be memorable.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 13, 2011

Yes, Burlesque is bad, but it's the good kind of bad, with plenty of unintentional laughs and a powerfully dreadful lead performance by Cher.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 12, 2011

Even the dances feel cozily dated, as choreographers Denise Faye and Joey Pizzi borrow liberally from Bob Fosse.

| Jan 4, 2011

Burlesque manages what seemed impossible: It is filled with half-naked dancing girls, yet it's still boring.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Jan 3, 2011

Not enough films hit the sweet spot that Burlesque does between ridiculous, flagrantly decrepit and yet game enough in spangly execution to sweep you along.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 16, 2010

Everything works out very well - except for the audience, which is lumbered with all the embarrassment the film refuses to feel.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 15, 2010

Try to make 'Showgirls' for 12 year olds and you please no one. What a tease.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 15, 2010

Intentionally or not, it might be the comedy of the year.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 13, 2010

Camper than Lady Gaga riding a unicorn down Brighton seafront.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 13, 2010