Burlesque

     Welcome to Iowa, home of waitress Ali (Christina Aguilera) and the last few minutes of her miserable life here. In a job that doesn't pay her wages on time and feeling stuck and going no where she's off to L.A. to make something of her song and dance abilities. Going from job to job she can't find something she wants until she stumbles upon a club on the Sunset Strip called Burlesque Lounge. Burlesque run by Tess (Cher) and her assistant Sean (Stanley Tucci) is a club with scantily clad dancers lip singing to famous tunes. Ali really wants to be one of those dancers, Tess is not one for taking in new people easily, Ali then settles for second best and gets hired on as drink server.
     After her hotel / apartment gets robbed, she moves in with her now bartender friend Jack (Cam Gigandet). The only problem with Burlesque...they are months behind on their mortgage and are trying to be bought out by Marcus (Eric Dane). Burlesque need something fresh and new to bring in more customers and worth higher admission fees. Ali might just be what the club needs and when a dancer gets pregnant its her entry way onto the stage. Jealousy ensues though when fellow dancer Nikki (Kristen Bell) tries to get rid of the newest girl on the team. Only her plan to embarass her back fires when Ali also lets it known she can sing, and now Tess has her a singing and dancing star to build a new show around. Unfortunately even Ali can't bring in all the seats needed to pull out of this giant debt. It will take some clever thinking and some team work to hatch a plan to save their home away from home. Facing obstacles along the way including finding her new romance Jack is engaged to having to prove herself as the new girl in dance line.
     Storyline is kinda basic, country girl moves to big city to become a star. Full package of the movie is really good though, some really good acting on everyones part. There's a few good songs to be had and the return of Cher into the movie spotlight. The movie keeps its pace pretty through and through and never really lags in any areas. You've got characters that you'll really care about what happens to them and a storyline you'll want to see how everything turns out in the end. After the last musical flop 'Nine' this is a much needed and welcome addition into the world of movie musicals. This is one of those movies you feel you really got your moneys worth at then end in plot and visually. Definitely a must see for any movie musical fan.

Burlesque (dictionary)- a humorous and provocative stage show featuring slapstick humor, comic skits, bawdy songs, striptease acts, and a scantily clad female chorus.