Heard the mediocre reviews but decided to see it anyway. Big mistake. Marion Cotillard is charming and terrific, Penelope Cruz is excellent, Kate Hudson delivers a fun performance, and Fergie's showstopper is the highlight of the film. Judi Dench is solid. As for the rest, well . . . Daniel Day Lewis is woefully miscast, and on screen far too much for the audience to gloss over that mistake. Nicole Kidman and the once-glamorous Sophia Loren look like refugees from the Planet of the Plastic Surgeon, and their acting matches their appearance. Worst of all, when the ladies aren't singing and dancing, the film is just plain boring. I thought I'd like it enough, but I didn't. Skip Nine.