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Chicago (2002)

★ 7.1 · 2,891 ratings on TMDB

If you can't be famous, be infamous.

Chicago poster★ 7.1

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

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Chicago keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing celebrity, media, justice, corruption, fame.

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