It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Since it release nearly a half century back Cabaret remains the last great American musical (Singing' in the Rain and West Side Story were made previous). As relevant now as it was then, carrying a tune and warning of creeping fascism, it's staying power is not only in its message but the bite of the music and two of the most memorable musical performances in film history with Liza Minelli as Sally Bowles and Joel Grey as the "Emcee."University student Brian Roberts ( Michael York) freshly arrived in Berlin (Weimar Germany 1931) to complete his studies makes the acquaintance of Kit Kat Club performer Sally Bowles who shows him the ropes. Taken back by her brash personality at first he eventually warms to Sally and they become involved, he more serious than her. Together they encounter and share new friends but Brian comes to the realization that Sally is not about to give up a life of "divine decadence." Meanwhile in the streets, the parks, the clubs the Nazi Party and its brand of thuggery is becoming more prevalent.Outside of a pace slowing subplot regarding two older students Robert is tutoring Cabaret is flawless film making in nearly every area with Minelli excelling in three (acting, singing, dancing) requirements and Grey's mischievously haunting master of ceremonies delivering a character for the ages. Director Bob Fosse working in a confined space smaller than a broadway stage for his musical numbers, the color muted by club smoke, delivers one excellently edited solid number after the next without betraying the mood with slick, flashy choreography on a stage the size of an aircraft carrier that lesser musicals depend on. Instead it maintains the funk of people dancing on a volcano in search of distraction from the impending doom they face. Musicals by nature are usually optimistic and upbeat. Sober Cabaret goes against the grain and succeeds beyond expectation as one of the finest musicals in film history.

Typical Bob Fosse musical settled in Berlin where have a decadent night club where the everything begin or ending,Liza Minnelli play Sally a daughter of an American diplomat who works in this club,sally think big she wants to be a star,when she re-rent his room to an English teacher Brian played by Michael York,living together starting a romance,but when Sally was involved by a rich man from the German aristocracy they were in a love triangle that spoiled the weak relationship between Sally and Brian Soon she stay pregnancy but the main problem is to known who is the real father...the interesting point of this movie is that whatever happens in real life is cover on stage at night club...very amusement!!!

The music is very good in this classic Broadway musical put on the silver screen. It involves the interactions between Sally Bowles and Bryan Roberts in World War II Germany. Much of the action takes place in a burlesque house, hosted by the utterly weird Joel Gray. The show is full of bawdy unattractive women, racist representations, anti-Semites, on and on. But blowing in the wind is a kind of fire that Hitler had set. There is intrigue and pain. One of the most moving scenes is when the brown shirts Hitler youth begin to sing "Tomorrow Belongs to Me." This is a show designed to give us an impression of a place and a time. Liza Minellli is very good. Joel Gray is despicably astounding.

Entertaining. Set in Germany in the 1930s, an entertainer, Sally Bowles (played by Liza Minnelli), is in relationships with two men. Meanwhile, the Nazi party is starting its rise to power...The musical and theatrical numbers are great, the initial plot is intriguing and the movie seems propelled by a bouncy vibe. However, ultimately the plot is so-so: it doesn't really go anywhere or make any profound statements. The Nazi Germany setting gives a vast amount of room for biting statements, but the movie only scratches the surface.Liza Manelli is superb in the lead role. Her bubbliness and warmth keep the movie going and give it a beautiful light feeling. Good support from Michael York and a host of German performers.