SPECIAL: "Burlesque"

Review of the 2010 film Burlesque.

[@WiredAl]

As an Iowan, the irony is there's actually a great burlesque scene here and you'd be wise to make a local name for yourself before moving to a bigger market.

[@nomobobby]

I would make a joke about a town trapped in the past, but as a history fan that's actually interesting to me. I thought that style of show was completely dead for eons but maybe not so.

[@millennialfalcon8958]

Corn Field Burlesque?.I'd buy tickets.

[@gangurogeisha]

@@nomobobbyNeo-Burlesque has been a thing since the nineties.

[@afterdinnercreations936]

Corn-fields, burlesque, and Slipknot

[@Ramonatho]

As someone who grew up in Cedar Rapids I kinda miss the Hamburger Mary's there.

[@CyberStockholmSyndrome]

I think the most impressive aspect of this movie was the makeup artist's ability to make 30 something year old Christina look like late teens-early 20s Christina.

[@GirtheAlienGoldfish]

Makeup is a powerful thing, my friend.

[@jackfruth3738]

Naja digital de-aging is a powerful thing ;)

[@nathanielcraig3588]

The makeup in this film is amazing, Christina looks 22 again and Cher looks like she's only on her first set of fillers!

[@iicarooii]

Xtina always looked younger even when she was 19

[@BlackSheepNara]

Why does everyone act like once you're out of your teens you're an ancient hag?

[@philly_sports1558]

How do you have Kristen Bell in your movie and barely utilize her? The woman is a damn treasure to humanity.

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

She really is

[@shaneg9081]

They clearly wanted to make something awful. They probably cast her by mistake.

[@indiaaycox5330]

Who?

[@adriandurlej9266]

THEGOODPLACESLAPS

[@taylorcostello4129]

Devil's Advocate: Most of the projects Kristen Bell has acted in have been absolutely garbage. She has traveled upon the goodwill of Veronica Mars and soon to be The Good Place for a long time...

[@Mikao6]

The point of this movie was Stanley Tucci. Stanley Tucci is the answer to everything.

[@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany]

Stanley Tucci is the Jeff Goldblum of movies.

[@cojodoodoo112233]

What is Jeff Goldblum the Jeff Goldblum of then?

[@massive2341]

Joe Curtis Stanley Tucci

[@rextheraccoon5156]

IM NOT A ROBOT Don’t worry, I’m confused too.

[@michaelhall5429]

If a tree falls in the forest and noone is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Stanley Jeff Tucci-Goldblum.

[@moonlily1]

Well, my main gripe about this film is that they aren't really doing burlesque, it's cabaret.

[@CoolBird420]

What's the difference?

[@moonlily1]

@@CoolBird420 Burlesque focuses primarily on erotic strip tease dancing whereas cabaret is more like a variety show with singing, tap dancing, magic acts, juggling, and comedy skits, and might have racy costumes but little to no nudity. Burlesque dancers don't sing and cabaret performers don't take their clothes off.

[@CoolBird420]

@@moonlily1 hmm interesting

[@louisduarte8763]

And now I just realized The Simpsons episode with the burlesque house had more actual burlesque performance in it than this movie. And that one still mixed it up with cabaret!

[@sabrecellist]

Wait - Why didn't they just name it... Oh.

[@janerecluse4344]

I just love how the camera work shoots straight past 'I envy the fabulous showgirls' to 'wait, I think I might be gay.'

[@YolandaGirl]

Todd's first impression of Cher with the tongue motion had me dying. XD

[@michaelrigg3623]

I love how you actually referenced all the musicals that I've told people this pretty much ripped off scene-for-scene.

[@marionann6746]

As someone who's been to a few burlesque shows, I think what kills this movie for me is how safe it plays. I've seen tits getting exposed (and no not in a hiding behind a fan way, like out and proud for the crowd to see) in actual shows, meanwhile Burlesque the movie feels tamer than whatever Madonna was doing in her prime. I highly doubt you could ever do burlesque performance justice with a pg-13 rating. Hell, maybe an R rating might still be a little restrained. Fucking go all out, make Showgirls 2 electric boogaloo.

[@iloveyourunclebob]

I never even realized that Chicago rip off. The whole point of Roxie scene is to hint at the fact that it's all delusions in her head to begin with. So now I know that this entire movie is just a figment of Christina Aguilera's character's imagination.

[@tegantalks9612]

They even rip off the ending song. It’s so clear that last song is supposed to be Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag. Surprised they didn’t try to do some version of Cell Block Tango considering that’s one of the most iconic songs from Chicago (also ones of the most fun to perform).

[@rattrap1009]

In the original Beautiful People, the Beautiful People are the villains. Why are they supposed to be role models in this version?

[@2-d_in_a_bag]

Clearly she misunderstood the song somehow

[@louisduarte8763]

Which is really funny if you remember both Aguilera and Manson had videos play on TRL in the same span of time.

[@miraclemanoutoftime]

todd should do more film reviews

[@alannahfisherman1321]

Yeah. The Dukes of Hazzard with Jessica Simpson needs it's just dues.

[@robertportersc]

Alan Cumming had the best performance in the entire production, and they cut it out. His song only shows up in the DVD. My only regret is that it wasn't a duet with Stanley Tucci.

[@timgoldberg3333]

You know, Stanley Tucci is one of those actors who is so typecast as a stereotypical gay man I was kind of shocked to find out he's straight IRL. Stop jamming my gaydar, Stanley lol

[@andrejg4136]

Some men just have a natural understanding of "camp" regardless of thier actual preferences.

[@estellemariexo]

Todd getting punched when Christina starts singing is the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

[@itsFlycatcher]

Wait, hold the phone, I never even heard about this movie before! Are you telling me that there is a Coyote Ugly-Showgirls-Moulin Rouge mixture with Cher, the biggest pop diva of the LGBTQ+ scene, and it's NOT a notorious camp classic? Man, that's less awkward and more just unimaginable.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Expat Bostonians were they both icons at this point?

[@crystalgeek78]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 Yes, in 2010, both were icons.

[@leojohnson3045]

Madonna queen of gays would like a word

[@inferiorinferno8859]

It's just that bad.

[@DatBoi-mo9vc]

@@leojohnson3045 does that make lady gaga the dark princess of gays

[@totoLP100]

Actually, the 'Welcome to Burlesque' reminds me a lot more to the beggining of Cabaret, than to Moulin Rouge. But it's a shameless rip off of both. Correction, it is a shameless rip off of every 'dark-ish with an in world stage' ever.

[@rocknroll20024]

omg it does and they cast Alan Cumming who won a Tony for Cabaret to be in this movie and they don't have him sing one song WTSFFFFFFF

[@meelee412]

Todd says what I think about Christina's introduction part of the songs . Lungs of a steam engine

[@heymistercarter.]

It may start off like ripping Cabaret off, but as soon as Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend starts playing, it's hard to deny what movie it suddenly turns into.

[@thegoatgotmilked373]

THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!!! Recognised that beat right away

[@ursulajoni15]

this guy breaks up with his FIANCE over the phone we a vague cliche line and we're suposed to like him, was it to much effort to do it over Skype or something

[@imsorry6138]

ursulajoni15 Was Skype a thing when this movie came out?

[@billloney6135]

It came out in 2010 so yeah

[@stephaniewozny3852]

First Cowpie Clyde, and now Beef Chunk the Bartender. I love your naming style, Todd.

[@erinmist2413]

Am i the only one who likes Todd's singing?

[@imsorry6138]

Erin Mist nope. I am also a fan.

[@heymistercarter.]

He's easily a better pianist than singer, but he can have a voice when he really sets himself to it.

[@VicenteTorresAliasVits]

I like it.

[@galleryofrogues]

It ain’t bad!

[@ROZWBRAZEL]

he's always had great timbre

[@ScowlieMeerkat]

Of COURSE the property developer selling classy single-family condos in the area is willing to step in to save the burlesque club! Joints like that are GREAT for property values! I can't think of anyone who WOULDN'T want to live next to one!

[@benbrownjr.7626]

My husband loves this movie. I always find housework to do when it comes on. Even truly awful housework, like cleaning mold.

[@england9530]

At 3.23 when she started singing my computer actually crashed for about 20 seconds.

[@anarchomando7707]

Nice

[@indiaaycox5330]

Why hasn't there been a trainwrecords for Christina yet

[@kimifw58]

I like Christina's voice when she isn't showing off or singing about sex. She clearly has talent. She just tends to go overboard with it. But I agree with you about Cher's voice. Without autotune, she sounds flat and husky.

[@kimifw58]

@@takemyhand1988 That's what I meant.

[@arnold20139]

Wow! This movie makes Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2 look like an Academy Award winning masterpiece. O_O

[@TheYamiks]

"beef chunk the bartender" That.. and the mis piggy jokes makes this best of your videos for me

[@TNTales]

I would watch a show called Showgirls: Friendship is Magic.

[@iloveyourunclebob]

I still, to this day, want burlesque to be a good movie. You are definitely right though, Christina is arguably the best singer of her era and honestly a lot of eras, but she's also the most intolerable of a lot of eras.

[@iicarooii]

how is she intolerable? smh

[@Buzz0Killington]

@@iicarooii they’ll never answer you.

[@anjelikaraqs]

This makes "Sucker Punch" look revolutionary.

[@theblocksays]

It's basically Sucker Punch in the dance studio without the where here against our will so lets imagine ourselves into a video game cutscene filler and convoluted "girls in a mental house are beautiful victims" twist nonsense. Gawd that movie was dumb.

[@Torthrodhel]

Well to be fair on this one, it at least actually shows the dancing that's meant to be so awesome. Whereas in that one, they just have the woman sway about a bit like someone who just woke up from some missing time and doesn't have any idea what they're listening to.

[@PrinzPassionsfrucht]

It's the "Not-Zack-Snyder-Cut" of Sucker Punch

[@PhenomenonxAvenger]

My cousin dated a guy and when she was mad at him she would subtly get back at him by putting this movie on in their house with only 1 TV and no computer so he'd be forced to watch the entire thing. One time she played it twice in a row. Good times.

[@mena376]

Dude, you know your shit! IMPRESSED.

[@emmaduncan2991]

You do have to feel kind of bad for Peter Gallagher, being known as "the guy with the eyebrows."

[@corndawg15]

The spring in Springfield was perfect

[@myiachanmagicalgirl]

That moment when you remember that Todd is actually a pretty talented singer.

[@patrickracer43]

something ironic with this film is that possibly the actual best singer in this film is Kristen Bell... I've seen Frozen and Frozen 2, I've heard her sing on For The First Time in Forever, Love is an Open Door, Next Right Thing (and god damn is Kristen Bell's performance in Next Right Thing is amazing)

[@TheEmmaHouli]

One legacy this movie had was that almost every burlesque show I went to for a year had that damn Cher song at beginning Also the greatest crime this movie did was CUT THE ALAN CUMMINGS SCENE

[@whitneymouse]

Hey now....Mandy Moore had A Walk to Remember and Tangled. AND she's still making music; it's just not bubblegum pop music anymore. Don't lump her in with Vegas Britney and Christina the Voice Judge -_-"

[@RyanStorey1231]

"Wild Hope" is one of my all-time favorite albums. No, I'm not joking. Mandy Moore's later albums really deserve more attention. She was wise to go in a more indie/folk direction as she matured.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

And now she's in This Is Us.

[@mechantechatonne]

Mandy Moore's career as an actress has been pretty legit, and definitely more successful and consistent than her very modest pop star success.

[@girlinthebasement8169]

What’s wrong with Vegas? I seem to remember a little known lady named Celine Dion playing there all the time

[@afterdinnercreations936]

This is a problem with all these musicals he's reviewed. The central-protagonists are basically flawless. They react to conflicts but they neither perpetuate nor actively solve them.

[@sportsjefe]

Because they're built solely as vehicles for their stars.

[@arise2945]

Todd, you didn't mention the sequence at 4:00 with her ripping up the postcard and throwing it out of the hotel window, followed by the abrupt zoom out. It is directly lifted from Midnight Cowboy, and I mean DIRECTLY. Great content like always.

[@12Tecpatl]

Holy shit

[@Davidwash3r3]

I never realized until now that Beef Chunk’s fiancé that he totally didn’t break up with is Quinn from Glee

[@LovlyHorror]

I have no idea why, but this movie appears to be one of my mother's biggest guilty pleasure movies. I don't think she's much of a Christina Aguilera fan or Cher fan or anything like that, but whenever this is on TV, she watches it. Now that I've watched this video, I really don't get it.

[@klarajohansson215]

Well, it's one of my guilty pleasure too and it's hard to explain... I'm not a big fan of both, but I really like the cast of the movie, the side-plot (with Stanley Tucci and others), and I don't know... It got a "good feeling" vibe even if I know the movie is not that good.

[@iamaunicorn1232]

It's probably an attraction to the aesthetic. But hey, if that allows her to ignore EVERYTHING ELSE wrong with the movie then good for her. XD

[@iicarooii]

maybe not everyone like and dislike the same things? I don't like Burlesque very much but I enjoy the musical numbers and some scenes, let people enjoy what they want

[@xxxTIN0xxx]

I'm a big fan of Xtina and I couldn't care less about this movie. It doesn't really interest me. I'm not even a fan of the music and I own every Xtina album.

[@silhouettoofaman2935]

Same here actually. She really admires the dancing and singing in this movie, which in all honesty is the only thing this movie has going for it.

[@butchdeadlift10]

11:37 God damn neo-yodelling. If I ever have a daughter I will disown her for singing like that.

[@kimifw58]

Christina was Marilyn Monroe for her Back to Basics album. ...Come to think of it, she seems to have been into retro burlesque stuff since her involvement in Moulin Rouge.

[@Banisoup]

No but seriously, the only reason I wear pants is because I'm not hitting on you, oh your gay? Well I sleep without pants on. Congrats, you're seeing nothing you're interested in.

[@samdragonborn5864]

Christina's stronger singing makes my teeth hurt

[@pdoglarsen]

This Movie woulda been better if they had Inserted 'The Mask' into it, added a plot about a gang failing to rob a bank, replaced all the Burlesque dancers with Cameron Diaz. and added Cuban Pete.

[@blazicgd]

Christina’s voice got gradually grittier and more painful with each album

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

4:50 into this and I already know what would have made this movie 100 times better...Marilyn Manson in Christina's role. Get him to write the songs too. It'd be a much darker film, but less predictable.

[@alannahfisherman1321]

I wonder if Todd will ever do a review/comentary on 2019's Cats?

[@analogbunny]

A famous critique of Whitney Houston's rendition of "I will always love you" was "All impression; no expression". This is everything Christina Aguilera has ever done. Technically Tom Waits and Bob Dylan are shitty singers, but their expressiveness is what made them. Also you missed the crappy Mae West cover. Also not a great singer, technically, but her voice was still dripping with naughtiness.

[@K0r0n1s]

Wow, I'm not the only one who thinks that Aguilera's singing voice is like a punch in the face and in the ears. I don't know, I just don't find anything with style in her voice; it sounds like brute force to me.

[@Manny444a]

Me too I hate her voice.

[@NoobGamer-hn5rs]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I loved that bit XD

[@amandas2639]

It's so weird for me because she's obviously a very good singer, but she's so damn forceful and melodramatic ALL THE TIME. I like her a lot, but I have the same problem with her singing that Todd has with Bruno Mars. She's technically gifted, but she needs to dial it down several notches and really learn how to restrain herself so that when she *does* belt, it's meaningful and appropriate. Also: stop with the damn runs. Just hold a single note longer than a second at a time, please. That goes for you too, Mariah. And Beyonce.

[@RyanStorey1231]

+Amanda S I feel like the only time Aguilera's music ever suited her forceful vocals was the "Back to Basics" album. I do like quite a few of her songs and I do like her voice in small doses, but her voice really is like a punch in the face when she over-sings. She does somewhat restrain herself in ballads. "Beautiful" is still a wonderful song, she shows genuine softness and restraint in songs like "You Lost Me", "Hurt", and "I'm OK".

[@NawiTheCore]

+eating raw faces is my least favorite thing to do. That would be true if she could sing her higher belts live to begin with. In studio she doesn't force them that much, she actually uses a chest-dominant mix but for the most part it sounds OK (well, no so much in Lotus sadly). It is live when she goes all out trying to push too much chest and her belts sound really strained. She also sings high belts with a high larynx AT THE SAME TIME she's trying to push her larynx down to achieve a fuller, darker sound. So the amount of tension in her throat is tremendous. That's the reason why her voice is so damaged now, because she never learned how to belt properly outside the recording studio. Her studio belts in songs like The Voice Within, Mercy On Me, Soar, Fighter, Beautiful are EPIC, but she has never been able to sing them live. It's kinda crazy that she has never ever sang Beautiful the way she sang it in the studio (belted the G#5 in "E-verywhere" and the F#5 in "shIne").

[@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany]

It's kinda amazing how different Christina Aguilera looks without a bunch of clown makeup on her. She looks like Mariah Carey actually XD

[@smurf0920]

BLACKIESBOY he should review Glitter

[@joey1723]

@@smurf0920 He has reviewed Glitter since then. Great video.

[@MoonStruckBunnyIRL]

I'm reading a fanfic based on this movie, glad I came across this again because I had no idea what the source material was.

[@tatehildyard5332]

Is it good? Or at least a step up from this?

[@pauline1809]

wait wtf YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD SINGER THO? i mean why am i surprised

[@SuperDevolution]

It's Cabaret meets Chicago meets Moulin Rouge! without the charm of any of them.

[@mikerivera373]

Todd is pulling out his inner Nostalgia Critic

[@murciadoxial8056]

and doing a much better job at it than the NC man himself... Huh

[@musicals.rock.7679]

actually Cabaret (1972) is ripped off before too... just when Christina enters the burlesque, Cher referring to the band and the way burlesque girls are posing is a clear rip off of Wilkommen. at around 5.26

[@rocknroll20024]

yep

[@appelle93]

5:26

[@mechantechatonne]

Their costumes as well

[@ajzeg01]

This movie has absolutely nothing to do with burlesque..

[@beyonddisturbed]

20:26 Damn Todd that is savage

[@SilentBettie]

Anyone else 8 years later still watching this to just hear Todd sing? I love it!

[@sami-tw7qk]

lol I see all your points but I can’t help but love this movie. I know it’s bad. But I love it

[@iicarooii]

it has a mediocre and predictable love story with some dumb lines but the musical numbers, cher and xtina acting and some characters make it entertaining to watch I think, it's okay if you like it

[@rockablity_hound1716]

I like Cher but that impression was spot on hahaha!

[@kaidujo]

I love that you snuck in the I Love Lucy theme song into this video.

[@21CCommunIT]

*Beefchunk the Bartender* - priceless!!!

[@equusquaggaquagga536]

It's high time that you review "Dreamgirls"

[@cocacolaxable]

Ive been binge-watching your videos today, I miss your content so much!!

[@fiamad]

i wonder if Todd will ever do a Coyote Ugly review, that movie is kinda my guilty pleasure

[@stephaniewozny3852]

I wish he would. She doesn't show up until the very end, but you could argue _Coyote Ugly_ is a star vehicle for LeAnn Rhimes.

[@Flowtail]

8:06 boy that insult has not aged well

[@ginamolina820]

Fionn Gallag Why’s that, dude?

[@iicarooii]

the worst line of the whole movie, but I can understand why, it just was another era

[@jessicazeller8060]

Gina Molina Transphobia.

[@Aster_Risk]

Even then some of us would have cringed at that insult. That felt like something a person wouldn't really say past 2005 unless they were painted as a villain.

[@StarshineGoomba]

I am a fan of Christina Aguilera, and admittedly, I only watched this movie for the songs. The rest was cliche and weak.

[@annnee6818]

OK "Beefchunk the bartender" is just great😂

[@anonymous-dirigible]

"[Mandy Moore] came away from her acting attempts with very little in terms of success." Oh, Toddstradamus...

[@RatelHBadger]

This Is Us???

[@SirEriol]

Let's not forget she beated Kristin Bell for Disney Princess title.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

@@RatelHBadger Exactly

[@Aster_Risk]

How to Deal is one of my favorite movies and Mandy is a really great actress in everything I've seen her in.

[@hannemanart]

Cher and Stanley Tucci combo is the only reason to see this movie

[@NikhilSharma-ug1rx]

The Marilyn Manson bit had me in stitches

[@JasonBeam7]

It's all so dense, every image has so much going on.

[@eddya7894]

Looking back at the "90s Teen Pop failures"... Mandy Moore is looking pretty great as an actress now. I always liked her, even in her cheesy early films, but now with an Emmy nomination....

[@eamonndeane587]

That and she gets to voice a Disney princess.

[@vandanacasm]

5:12 gets me every time😂🤣 like someone spoke out loud what we all were thinking

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

Why does it feel like a remake of 'Girl In Gold Boots'?

[@michaelboyd395]

+Gregory House Hey, I just teleported in here!

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

Michael Boyd It's impressive!

[@bloodrunsclear]

+Gregory House Aside from that sweet, sweet soundtrack it's basically the same movie.

[@MarioWendorf]

But nobody teleported in this one

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

And even sadder, no one teleported out.

[@06hatter]

I can't imagine being the kind of person who would enjoy this. Like I can't relate to them on a human level

[@caseyberning892]

I was actually obsessed with this movie and soundtrack when it came out. Still kinda am....

[@iicarooii]

SAME I don't really like the love story of ali and jack and some scenes but I find it entertaining, they can act and the soundtrack is so good, the best movie soundtrack I have heard

[@TheNicolevertone]

I fully agree with your criticisms, but this is definitely a guilty pleasure.

[@charliethasnail]

Beefchunks was in twilight so that’s fun

[@stefanfilipovits21]

The best thing to come out of Burlesque was the How Did This Get Made? podcast

[@GirtheAlienGoldfish]

Life is a cabaret, old chum... Wrong musical...

[@lightningglovesproductions6484]

Girls don't walk pantsless around me... Is it something I'm doing wrong? Lmao

[@KingKissan]

Depends. R u gay? Lol

[@MMCLLC7]

Why are there so many ads that cant be skipped nowadays? its insane.

[@andrewbowman4611]

I'm no Christina Aguilera or Cher fan, but I thought this film was okay. It's not great, but neither is it terrible. It's just a bit of kitsch fun. After all, not every work of art has to be a masterpiece.

[@heymistercarter.]

13:04-13:13 I think that sums up Taylor Swift’s new song for the CATS movie right there.

[@someonerandom8552]

This movie is a guilty pleasure for me. Mainly because of Beefchunk because this movie is awful. He might be a bit of a douchebag in the narrative but holy hell is that man delicious!

[@babypurplebat2610]

That "The Beautiful People" cover made my heart hurt

[@tegantalks9612]

I did a local musical production of Chicago and I can tell you that ending number is just a cheap repackaging of Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag from Chicago. I’m surprised they didn’t do a crappy knockoff of Cell Block Tango but I suppose that would be too obvious.

[@avrilfantasyrin]

Sadly the songs has almost no uses in the movie scenes, they are well done absolutely but it sure feels empty in the movie context, also, why is she singing about *finally trusting a guy* in that green dress? She's not a skeptical character nor does she have a bad past with a guy either, it doesn't warrant a romantic song Plus with the movie showing how talented she is, why is she still in a Burlesque? The movie just feels like what a preteen imagine what working in a strip club is like

[@iridescentdemon]

5:09 idk why that made me laugh so hard lol

[@flmbyz]

@3:17 is one of my favorites Todd in the Shadows moments of all time!

[@CameronMetrejean]

Love this movie, and I wasn’t even a Cher or Christina fan before seeing it. I get that it’s not for everyone, but I am very surprised it didn’t get more recommendation for it’s amazing cinematography (even if Bound to You did rip off Maybe This Time).

[@highland_persuasion]

At least Mariah Carey knows Glitter, the film, was bad and distances herself from it. And even the soundtrack to that is better than Burlesque's with an actual #2 hit in 2001. Christina, on the other hand, 10 years on, still seems to think her film is the best thing that happened since sliced bread.

[@DBfan12]

13:52 McSteamy?

[@FluffyIFue]

I actually like Christina and was thinking of watching it. But when I saw your review I said: fuck it! I can always listen to the music on youtube

[@blablatarantino4718]

ThatNerdyGirl I liked the movie. And I watched it for the singing and the performances and not the plot (they are usually crappy in that kind of movies). But the dancing was fun and I don't mind Christina's voice

[@LaserPuppies]

they played this on one of my busses to an away game in marching band; I wanted to die.