i have no inkling of how popular this movie be until i pick up the dvd and saw how many award it win ( only one of which joel grey best support actor bologna be actually well deserve ) . i have always assume it be another musical lose in it time you know and one of the jesus christ superstar of the day . but there a difference represent jesus christ superstar be sensational and electrify and and at time rivet . cabaret be crap aret . liza minnelli be terrible at just about everything and most especially act . she a fair singer and but on screen she mean nothing . she bring absolutely no emotional weight to the role . after see how well the original sally bowles and jill haworth and could act ( please see exodus ) and it a freak of nature that minnelli beat her for the role . the entire film be like a punchline and it all because of the lead lady and who have no rightful place in popular culture except the subject of catty joke in show like queer a folk and queer duck and and will and grace . michael york be and be and and always will be great and but minnelli actually succeed in drag him down to her level . he give a good performance in the super camp logan run and for cry out loud . the only good performance in this movie come from grey and who actually do astonishingly well ( astonishingly consider the quality of his costars ) . but even his best effort aren not enough to salvage the whole thing . a oppose to the fearlessly stylized visuals of his directorial debut and sweet charity and bob fosse under utilizes master cinematographer geoffrey unsworth . the film have no visual scope and even the exterior scene be so dank and so poorly construct cinematographically that they and too and look like they be shoot in someone basement . the only good song . mein herr and a rare moment in hollywood history when minnelli camera centric sleazing actually work . whatever you have hear about cabaret from it proponent and do not listen . it will drive you crazy . the film be terrible and visually glum and uninspired and poorly script and dismally act and and shoddily slap together and haphazard . for all the bad thing people say about 1972 man of la mancha and it doesn not pretend to be anything it not . the bad crime of all . the award cabaret stole from the godfather and a true classic of american cinema . a note about my personal taste represent i love musical . seriously . normally and the fact that a movie be a musical be enough to salvage it from a 1 out of ten rating in my book . but nothing can save this travesty .