I've been waiting 22 years to see this movie I saw a college production of Chicago in 1981. It's one of my favorite shows. After umpteen postponements of the nationwide release date, I finally got to see this movie yesterday. Even after reading about it for weeks, I thought it was better than I expected. Unlike many movie versions of stage musicals of the past, almost all the wonderful songs from the original Broadway show were included (I hear "Class" was filmed but later cut, although it will be on the DVD), and the only new one, "I Move On," was written by the same songwriters (Kander & Ebb) and played over the credits. It was pretty good, too. See, I love musicals. I love to watch tap dancing, and I don't want too much plot interfering with it. I love '20s music, although I wasn't around for it when it was new. There's plenty of drama on TV, including movies, if that's what I want. But if I'm going to shell out $5 (senior matinee), I want a good musical. The last movie I went to in a theater was Evita, a disappointment precisely because it did not follow the original show closely enough. Chicago was brilliantly staged from start to finish. Like one commentator said, I hated to blink. I've been going to musicals since before most of the other commentators here were born, and I'm having trouble thinking of another musical I enjoyed as much as this one. All the things everyone else has criticized-well, they're probably good reasons why this film is so satisfying. Flashy production design, lots of quick-cut musical numbers, and over-the-top performances of cardboard characters, with no boring, moralizing message. Read my lips: this is not Macbeth, it's a MUSICAL.