Tucci is a great talent who adds character and charm to everything he does and he won't disappoint anyone here. For me, the performance I enjoyed the most other than Christina's was Stanley Tucci as Sean. And, Hough is a given in a dancing costume as flawlessly great as she is beautiful. Being so used to seeing her as the usual blonde adornment in romantic comedies she surprised me with her dancing talent. Kristen Bell as Nikki and Julianne Hough as Georgia are great but it's Bell who is the surprise. All together they create very memorable entertainment.

All the dancers surrounding her are talented and wonderful to watch. All the participants turn in great performances. If you can tear yourself away from watching Christina, there is more here to see. In short, this film is well worth watching just for Aguilara's screen time. She radiates raw animal magnetism and positively smolders in some kind of unidentifiable sexual power that just plain overshadows everything around her. Here she is in this film, surrounded by a good number of extremely beautiful and talented women, yet they all seem to fade into the background fog when she is on. You can't take your eyes off of her and not just because she's remarkably beautiful. Every second that Christina Aguilera is on screen she is absolutely riveting. But the best part is that she knows how to make fullest use of that magnificent instrument. Her voice has a tonal quality, a power and a range that is nothing short of staggering. Aguilera is in another universe, perhaps even another dimension.

Little Christina Aguilera is not just in a class by herself. I'm old enough to say that in my life I've seen most of the premiere singing performers of modern times, many in live concert. Cher, as the club owner Tess, has top billing but the entire show is undoubtedly Christina Aguilera as country-girl turned burlesque performer Ali. However, the story is enough for the vehicle it carries, happy ending and all. The story, itself, is a little shallow, mainly it's there as a means to fill in the space in between the elaborate musical numbers. That was easy to ascertain by the loud comments both during and after the film.

Other people in the theater I attended liked it a lot also. It is entertaining in the way of old fashioned entertainment. I liked the film a great deal but I'm not so sure everyone will. I waited a long time to write this review.

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