Sweet Charity

Mar 06, 2005 12:00 a.m. - Variety.com

Los Angeles: Christina Applegate’s thin, reedy voice is never going to be mistaken for a brass band. That’s the bad news that will stay the bad news all the way to Gotham, big spenders. But she’s no celebrity charity case, either. Indeed, the former sitcom star almost busts her little naturalistic gut turning Charity Hope Valentine into a sweet, empathetic, sexy and intensely vulnerable dance-hall hostess whose tawdry life and times genuinely capture one’s heart. Thanks to her strikingly honesty acting -- and a delicious dexterity with the one-liner honed by years on "Married ... With Children" -- Applegate’s perf far exceeds the low expectations of the usual celeb tuner turn.

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