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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
This is one of the most intelligent and compelling movie musicals in a long time - and the most grown up. Read full review
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
Chorus often seems static and confined, rarely venturing beyond the immediate. Attenborough merely films the stage show as best he could. Read full review
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
The film, though, lies dormant in its own decency. Read full review
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
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
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
A Chorus Line is less a movie than an expensive souvenir program. Read full review
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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