Nine is got to be THE film of 2009. Directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha), this musical film is based on Arthur Kopit's book of the same name which won Best Musical in the 1982 Tony Awards. The film centers on Guido Contini (Daniel Day Lewis), a famed film director beset with a mid-life crisis that is obstructing his creativity and "entangling him in a web of romantic difficulties in early-1960s Venice."
With a powerful and sizzling cast that includes Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman (I hope the botox does not ruin her acting. Australia, anyone?), Marion Cotillard (I'm still in awe of her performance in La Vie En Rose), Penelope Cruz (the new Woody Allen muse), Sophia Loren and Judi Dench, do I smell Oscars in 2010? It's too early to predict but the producers should learn from the Dreamgirls, The Dark Knight and Australia's predicament: too much puffery = Best Picture snub.
After numerous cast swaps and production delays, the film is already in post-production and is set for a November 25, 2009 release. Oh, did I mention that Kate Hudson is in the film? The perrenial question is: Can she sing?
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