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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This is one of the most intelligent and compelling movie musicals in a long time - and the most grown up. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Tribune | Gene Siskel

    A classic play has been reduced a decent movie. It's a shame it couldn't be as good as the play; it's a small pleasure that it's as entertaining as it is. [20 Dec 1985] Read full review

  • 70
    Variety |

    Chorus often seems static and confined, rarely venturing beyond the immediate. Attenborough merely films the stage show as best he could. Read full review

  • 63
    Boston Globe | Jay Carr

    Richard Attenborough's film version of the long-running Broadway musical hit A Chorus Line not only avoids the disaster that many had predicted for it, but is often surprisingly effective and enjoyable, transcending its troubled history. [20 Dec 1985] Read full review

  • 50
    Time | Richard Corliss

    The film, though, lies dormant in its own decency. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    Attenborough has done what nobody thought possible - recreate a classic without raping and pillaging the original, though Chorus Line purists will find plenty to moan about. [20 Dec 1985] Read full review

  • 40
    Los Angeles Times | Sheila Benson

    In this stately and fairly slavish representation, directed by Richard Attenborough, what pokes through with the pain of a broken bone is how thin the material really is. [12 Dec 1985] Read full review

  • 38
    Christian Science Monitor | David Sterritt

    The stagebound setting gets boring; the action doesn't build a steady momentum; and the characters do far too much hanging around until the camera's ready to point at them again. Read full review

  • 30
    The New York Times | Vincent Canby

    A Chorus Line is less a movie than an expensive souvenir program. Read full review

  • 10
    Wall Street Journal | Julie Salamon

    When director Richard Attenborough isn't mangling dance numbers, he's focusing on a love story expressed almost entirely by means of close-ups of moony faces and teary eyes. [12 Dec 1985] Read full review

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