Holiday Weekend Movie Forecast: Burlesque Vs. Tangled

Burlesque stars Christina Aguilera stars as a small-town girl from Iowa who quits her thankless job as a waitress and heads to a LA, where she gets a job as a cocktail waitress at the "majestic" burlesque lounge. You'll never guess what happens next! But The Onion's Nathin Rabin says you shouldn't let the movie's predictability stop you from savoring it. "Burlesque is a terrible film that will delight nearly everyone who sees it, whether theyâre 12-year-old Christina Aguilera fans or bad-movie buffs angling for a guilty pleasure," writes Rabin. "Burlesque delivers exactly what it promises, and then some: Itâs a glittering neon valentine to divadom so exquisitely, unapologetically gay that Alan Cummingâs homage to Joel Grey in Cabaret actually constitutes one of its butcher elements." — Gothamist

Gothamist Staff

Published Nov 25, 2010

Modified Nov 25, 2010

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Here are some new ideas for your Thanksgiving weekend movie viewing! Click on the film stills for more details and reviews on this week's new releases and repertory screenings, which include Burlesque, Love & Other Drugs, Tangled, Faster, The King's Speech, Nutcracker 3D, Kawasaki's Rose, The Legend of Pale Male, Willet's Point, Undertow, Open Five, Tokyo Story and a Lillian Gish retrospective. And, of course, for you Muggle fans, Harry Potter is still in theaters.