WITH a mantelpiece full of plaudits for his film version of Chicago, Rob Marshall plies more razzle dazzle with this Oscar-winner packed adaptation of the award-winning Broadway musical Nine.
The stage show takes inspiration from Federico Fellini’s 8½, and follows film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day Lewis) as he suffers a crisis of confidence a little over a week before he is due to start shooting his new film.
Beset with worry, he seeks guidance from his mother (Sofia Loren) as well as family and friends including his shamefully-neglected wife Luisa (Marion Cotillard), sultry mistress Carla (Penelope Cruz), costume designer Lilli (Dame Judi Dench) and his on-screen muse, Claudia (Nicole Kidman).
Also featuring appearances from Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie and Kate Hudson, this is a high-octane glamour-packed Christmas treat.
Some may be surprised to see a number of the stage songs lost but the performances are top rate, particularly from Kidman, Lewis, Dench and Cruz.
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