Bears only a cursory resemblance to the Broadway musical on which it's only partly based; still, a good example of the many forms that a single story can take. It's good that Joel Gray at least got to play the part he created on stage.

I like my musicals to have a little darkness in them, and this does. Joel Grey is wonderfully decadent, York is charming and Minnelli is heroically vulnerable and indefatigable. Fosse brings it all together.

Story, meh. Music, OK.

Unfocused in the middle, but overall a fun film that questions how much worth there is in living life as a party all the time. The ending is quite good; the unease felt throughout the film regarding the Nazi Party boils over when we see some of their members in the audience.

Not a favorite, but this is an interesting well-done "musical." Joe Grey was good.

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It's hard for me to describe why I think this film is over-rated. I have no complaints but besides Fosse's trademark editing, nothing works for me. Oh well. It's still a good film.

Superficial relationship to context and setting. Cabaret focuses upon an uninteresting love triangle, with interconnecting songs. Competent art-direction, costumes, props, etc., but Joel Grey's performance is the only notable aspect of the film.

Joel Grey should have been the starring role.

Gee, after seeing Cabaret, I don't think I will ever like any other musical. Terrific acting, terrific editing and terrific directing. It is not surprising why Bob Fosse won Oscar against Coppola.

Opposite to most musicals in that the songs are the best thing but the attempt of the story to comment on life in Germany at the time is completely laughable. Still, Joel Grey's performance in this is perhaps in my top 10 of the 70s.

While it's by no means poor, the love story between Sally and Brian is completely outshined by Joel Grey and his brilliant performance as the MC of a hysterical and captivating Cabaret show. For the first time, I feel like I've found a movie that would've actually been better with LESS substance and plot to it. A 60-minute "Night at the Kit Kat Klub," where is it?

"Cabaret" is glorious entertainment. Masterfully shot, skillfully edited and starring Liza Minnelli in a luminous performance, it's a highly enjoyable as well as subversive and socially relevant film. The musical numbers are great (in large part thanks to Joel Grey's hysterical presence), there is a great deal of laughs and the boiling sense of menace is brilliantly maintained throughout. Still, there are problems with the pacing, as the middle segment drags.