One of the more recent Broadway musicals to come to the big screen, Nine tells the story of Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), a world famous film director as he confronts an epic mid-life crisis with both creative and personal problems. He must balance the many women of his life, including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), an American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Fergie) and his mother (Sophia Loren).
Melodramatic and dark, it documents the crises that Guido went through to come to terms with his love and his life.
Melodramatic and dark, it documents the crises that Guido went through to come to terms with his love and his life.
This film is Rob Marshall's latest foray into the world of Hollywood and perhaps his best to date. Based on the Fellini film 8 1/2 (which describes the number of films Guido has directed to date... he co-directed one for the 1/2)... this version simply is magical as it transforms reality into fantasy.
Marshall gives you wonderful choreography and the musical numbers are magical. Weaving the singing and dancing seamlessly is his forte here. His treatment of using black and white versus color and back again are well conceived and executed tastefully.
One great musical movie, I have seen in a long while since Moulin Rouge.
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