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Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman ... see more see more... , Judi Dench , Sophia Loren , Fergie , Ricky Tognazzi , Giuseppe Cederna , Valerio Mastandrea , Elio Germano , Martina Stella , Roberto Nobile , Andrea Di Stefano , Roberto Citran , Roberta Mastromichele , Francesca Fanti , Enzo Cilenti , Marcello Magni , Anna-Maria Everett , Francesco De Vito , Remo Remotti , Michele Alhaique , Giuseppe Spitaleri , Damiano Bisozzi , Mario Vernazza , Vincent Riotta , Simone Cappotto , Alessia Piovan , Anna Safroncik , Giacomo Valdameri , Eleonora Scopelliti , Ilaria Cavola , Shannon Belcastro , Jean Martin , Joey Pizzi , Kerry Warn , Monica Scattini , Georgina Leonidas , Marco Liotti , Enzo Squillino Jr. , Michael J. Peluso , Jonathan Del Vecchio , Jake Canuso , Eliot Giuralarocca , Tommaso Colognese , Jennifer Iacono , Vicky Lambert , Lavinia Savignoni , Mark Bousie , Massimiliano Belsito , Roberto Sbraccia , Romina Carancini , Alessandro Denipoti , Antonio Fiore , Erica Gohdes , Gianluca Frezzato , Paola Zaccari , Pietro Lais , Samuele Minotti , Francesco Manuel Pappalardo , Pietro Revelli , Gianluigi Tosti Di Valminuta

From the creative team behind the Oscar-winning adaptation of Chicago comes a lavish feature take on the Tony award-winning musical inspired by Federico Fellini's whimsical classic 8 1/2. Directed by ... read more read more...Rob Marshall, Nine details the effort made by world-class filmmaker Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) in realizing his latest cinematic vision while simultaneously balancing his relationships with the many passionate and influential women in his life, including his mistress, Carla (Penélope Cruz), and wife, Luisa (Marion Cotillard). Original lyricist and composer Maury Yeston serves as co-executive producer for the filmed version of his own 1982 Broadway hit. Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren, Fergie, and Judi Dench co-star in the Weinstein Co. production. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 53 min.

Directed by: Rob Marshall

Release Date: December 25, 2009

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DVD Release Date: May 4, 2010

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  • MrMarakai
    October 14, 2011
    MrMarakai
    Sometimes you need to weigh up your options. Either you go by the director (who happens to have made one of the worst and most overrated films ever with "Chicago") or you go by the actor (who has delivered consistantly memorable performances in his career with "My Left Foot", "Ga... read morengs of New York" and "There Will Be Blood"). In this case I went with the actor but that still didn't save a poor director, poorly plying his trade.
    1960s Italy. Once-celebrated film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) struggles with his unwritten script for his comeback film. Looking for inspiration, he turns to his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his wife (Marion Cotillard), his muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidante (Judi Dench) and his childhood memories to solve his crisis, with unsuccessful yet well-sung results.
    I really wanted to like this film as I'm a big fan of Daniel Day-Lewis and the impressive cast of females has rarely, if ever, been bettered. However, I'm not big on musicals or director Rob Marshall for that matter. Thankfully, this is not quite as bad as Marshall's overrated stinker "Chicago", but it isn't much better either. Day-Lewis was my main reason for attempting this and considering he's quite fastidious in his choices, I thought I'd follow his lead on this one. I was wrong and so was he in choosing this meandering borefest. The look of the film is gorgeous, as expected, with fabulous production design and cinematography and the ladies (oh the ladies) look amazing and deliver their song and dance numbers competently. Having Judi Dench in a corset was just a tad too much for my liking though. It was around this point in the movie that I realised this thinly veiled attempt at recreating a muscial of Frederico Fellini's "8 1/2" was a great waste of talent.
    A lush and extravagant musical that has style in abundance. Substance is what it lacks though, leaving a great cast struggling to save it from tedium. Suited to fans of the genre only.
  • tolkienfan101
    September 27, 2011
    tolkienfan101
    A film with fiery passion, an amazing cast of top-talent actresses and the always impressive Daniel Day-Lewis, led by the creative director of "Chicago", Rob Marshall. This is the makings of a great landmark film, however where it falls is the subject matter and the execution of ... read moreit. The musical Nine is a musical send-up and adaptation of Federico Fellini's amazing film, "8 1/2". Now, I can see where Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Anthony Minghella wanted to take the screenplay, however, his efforts are refuted by the very fact that the Arthur Kopit/Maury Yeston musical is a poor adaptation of Fellini's film, which was closley autobiographical and personal, where the musical and subsequent film are distant and at times even cold where the original film was very real and very emotional because, in its own way, connects more with the reality of the world around the characters, the personal crises, and the utter flawless direction. This film is disjointed in ways that even those not watching the original could still be confused by. The songs were very well sung, very well shot and very well edited, but besides Fergie's "Be Itialian", Kate Hudson's "Cinema Italiano", and Marion Cotillard's "Take It All", they were all tragically forgettable. A decidedly good effort, and by itself, it is a bit too chaotic and not nearly as bold as the film it is homaging and based on.
  • DerekA101
    June 13, 2011
    DerekA101
    Painstakingly boring and dull. It was a chore just trying to keep my eyes open.
  • fb701560354
    April 11, 2011
    fb701560354
    It's visually stunning, and has beautiful costumes and art direction, but ultimately Nine is a disjunct, hard to follow and distant film. The cast handle's the sining and dancing very well and there are some great performances though.
  • jjnxn
    January 30, 2011
    jjnxn
    So much talent so little result. A lot of flash and almost no substance.
  • MissMorganLeee
    January 10, 2011
    MissMorganLeee
    So when I read the first reviews of this movie I was thinking, HOW CAN EVERYONE HATE IT SO MUCH!! This movie was directed by Rob Marshall, the genius who gave us Chicago and Memoirs of a Geshia... But then I saw this film and got somewhat of an idea. While it is a beautiful, the ... read moreacting isnt terrible, the costumes and musical numbers are great, It just felt like there was something wrong the entire time I watched it....I dont know what it is. I believe that the best performance, the one most deserving of an oscar nod was Marion Cotillard. She always gives a great heartfelt performance and she was top notch. I think that the academy giving the nod to Penelope Cruz was a flop, a following up to her win last year. Im not saying that it was bad but it simply was not deserving of an Oscar. If you like classy, beautiful looking movies and you liked Chicago you will probably like this one although in no way is it on the same level of Chicago.
  • romy861
    December 5, 2010
    romy861
    Can't say I was overly impressed, but then musicals are never really my thing. I have rated it as a 3, which is average. Even though I didn't like it much, couldn't say it was actually bad, just kind of a nothing story with an unlikeable lead character. Each of the women do a so... read moreng and dance. None of them I found that great, although Kate Hudson comes out of it the best. Fergie I always find kind of feral, and she is here too - I can't imagine who's idea of sexy that routine would be.
    I mean obviously I am not the target audience for this. If you enjoy musicals, check it out, if not, this probably isn't the movie to convert you. I managed to sit through the whole thing, so that at least says something for it.
  • stevenecarrier
    December 4, 2010
    stevenecarrier
    Rob Marshall's "Nine" is extremely underrated. The film is expertly shot and edited. This is an extremely visual picture, where, unexpectedly, most of the story and emotion is portrayed in the mise en scene rather than the actual narrative. Symbolic musical numbers, which are ful... read morel of life and character development, drive the story home. The cast is great, the scenery is great, the story (based on Fellini's "8 1/2") is great and the whole thing ends up being very memorable... well, at least for me. I think many viewers got lost in the visual symbolism, so please, pay attention when you see "Nine", you will be all the better for it.
  • kenstachnik
    December 2, 2010
    kenstachnik
    Memo to Rob Marshall, if you're going to make a film about being Italian, maybe hire some Italians? After the Caucasian washed Japanese cast debacle that was Memoirs of a Geisha you'd think you'd have learned your lesson.

    A film about not having a script needs to have a great sc... read moreript, and this unfortunately does not. Beautiful photography can't save this ode to cheating on your wife. With the exception of Be Italian (which is by far the films highlight) all of the songs are thoroughly forgettable.
  • puffchunk
    September 27, 2010
    puffchunk
    Gotta say this was not the best musical I've ever seen. The songs were uninteresting, especially the coreography (Fergie's scene is the exception). The story itself was really boring also, I felt like nothing much happened. Other than Daniel Day-Lewis being himself and Penelope... read more Cruz being super hot, this one doesn't have much going for it. Oh, and I did feel pretty bad when Mario Cotillard leaves him, but he did deserve it.

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Critic Reviews

Lisa Kennedy
December 28, 2009
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

Nine is, if not a grand work, terrifically tasty eye and ear candy. Two numbers -- from somewhat unexpected quarters -- are worth the price of admission alone. Full Review

Claudia Puig
December 28, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Nine should have been called 4Â 1/2 because it doesn't come close to the work of the master who inspired it. Full Review

Tom Long
December 28, 2009
Tom Long, Detroit News

The film suffers from the simple fact that its songs aren't memorable. Full Review

J. R. Jones
December 28, 2009
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

It's a movie about a musical about a movie about a man's inner life -- surely we can eliminate some of the middle men. Full Review

Bill Goodykoontz
December 26, 2009
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

There's a lot of high-powered star wattage in Nine, but it never generates much heat. Full Review

Joe Baltake
December 26, 2009
Joe Baltake, Passionate Moviegoer

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Richard Roeper
December 25, 2009
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com

A half-dozen Oscar winners shine in this slick but satisfying musical. Full Review

Wesley Morris
December 25, 2009
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

The movie is full of risible pontifications about the nature of art but falls well short of capturing the angst of creative frustration. Full Review

Colin Covert
December 25, 2009
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Nine expires in every sluggish, graceless scene. Full Review

Richard Corliss
December 25, 2009
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

Only Cotillard, as Guido's long-suffering wife Luisa, is in command of her character whether she's singing, speaking or just staring darts at her philandering mate. Full Review

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  • Penelope Cruz had to audition several times before Rob Marshall cast her as the mistress in Nine. She also tried out for roles of the wife and the muse.
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