the audience applauded

Just perfect...

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Just seen this movie in TV. Words to describe it? pretentious... and so boring. I was one of those who liked Chicago and I cannot imagine whatever happened into the director's mind to create such different musicals. To start with... the music is... awful. I happen to be very picky about musicals and this is the kind of easy plain American musical of the kind amateur companies do, and he songs are bad, the lyrics being simply ridiculous.The acting is good... even Cruz acts decently on it, but with that music and the European approach" of the director to the subject... there is no way they can save the movie.

Nine (2009) is the film version of the famous Broadway production of the same title. The story centers around a famous Italian film director (Daniel Day Lewis). This movie is all about him trying desperately to find direction in his life. He is surrounded by different women, from his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), and his "muse" (Nicole Kidman), plus more. Daniel Day Lewis's character is very much lost, he loves his wife, yet he hungers for more. He never seems to be satisfied. He seeks inspiration from his muse, yet he cannot seem to get inspired to write this new movie. He sees his mistress, even though he still loves his wife. Basically, his whole life is a mess in this movie. I'll start with the things I liked in this film. I loved most of the acting and casting. I absolutely adored Daniel Day Lewis in his starring role, not only does he look the part, but he also commands the part. I felt his pain and his emotion through his strong performance. I loved Marion Cotillard in her role as his wife. She deserved the academy award nomination instead of Cruz if you ask me. Her singing scenes are a couple of my favorite scenes in the entire film, she is not only a fantastic singer, but she is also able to pull the viewer into that scene and make them relate to what she's feeling. I liked Nicole Kidman. Her role is less substantial, but she still plays it well and I liked her singing. Fergie's "Be Italian" was just fantastic, I adored her commanding singing voice and that whole scene in general was a complete show stopper. The writing was overall good I'd say, it wasn't as solid as I've seen in other musical films though. I loved Judi Dench in her role, she commanded it and showed off her the obvious talent. Another big positive was the costuming and makeup. It was dazzling, graceful, and just breathtaking in general. Now for the negative aspects of the movie. Kate Hudson. Now normally I just love Kate Hudson. Loved her in how to lose a guy in 10 days, almost famous, and other movies, but she was fundamentally wrong for this role. First of all, her role was pretty unnecessary, and she didn't sell it at all. Her singing scene looked great, but her singing wasn't that good and I didn't feel any impact at all from that performance she headlined. Also, there was a section of the movie, in the middle, where I felt it was kind of disjointed. I think the beginning was strong and the last about 50 minutes was solid I felt, but in the middle, I think it could've and should've been stronger. Overall, if you like musicals I'd say it's not the greatest musical movie ever, but it's good overall and you'll enjoy it. But if you do not enjoy musicals, then I'd say skip it. Personally I really enjoy musicals, and I personally recommend it, even if it does have its flaws. 7/10 for Nine.

Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother. Nine is one of those films where the Cast is great but the final result is not Daniel Day-Lewis seems like he is bored, Marion Cotillard and Penélope Cruz feel out of place, Kate Hudson comes out of nowhere, Fergie, Sophia Loren and Judi Dench have some good overall moments and Nicole Kidman could have been better. The whole musical stuff come out in places where the film doesn't really need any singing plus it's very very thin and complexed at times and it is pretty slow if you ask me. Good Cast and Director but that doesn't say much now does it? [3/10]

I admit that I had never expected to be a fan of musical films (probably just because I hadn't even seen any, sseeeshh). Even so, I understand that we can't really expect much from what a musical film has to offer if compared with the real on-stage musicals, just like how the world inside a book will always beat the movie version.But i guess that's what surprised me when i finally watched this film. OK,I obviously know nothing about whatever original version of this musical, but what i gathered from watching this film is that i completely felt like i was watching a frikkin musical on a frikkin stage for the whole duration. Nine doesn't just offer a half-assed effort to create a 'daily-life-like' singing where people just suddenly feel like expressing their feelings through songs on the gd street. No, they don't bother with that. Instead, they present you the whole package by dragging in the stage, lighting, and the goddamn ambiance.It left you stunned a few minutes after the song is over as it gets back into the story, but that's what makes it a fun ride; it drags you along into the euphoria and misery that the characters sing about, and all of those while you're feeling like being there in the stage with them. Nine gives you an experience of both classic musical enjoyment AND modern cinematography.Seriously? with all the amazing actresses who starred in it and their spectacular solo stages, i couldn't stand other musical films afterwards because they all seem too bland compared to this one. but i guess it's just a matter of different taste after all.