Editing Catherine Zeta-Jones (section)

=== 2005–2010: Decrease in workload and return to the stage ===
''[[The Legend of Zorro]]'' (2005), a sequel to ''The Mask of Zorro'', saw her reprise the role of Eléna opposite Banderas. Set ten years after the first film, the sequel follows Eléna struggling with married life.<ref name="ign"/> Unlike the original, the film was disliked by critics and was a commercial disappointment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-legend-of-zorro |title=The Legend of Zorro |website=Metacritic |access-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113113543/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-legend-of-zorro |archive-date=13 January 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=zorro2.htm |title=The Legend of Zorro (2005) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905212550/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=zorro2.htm |archive-date=5 September 2015 }}</ref> She did not have any film releases in 2006. A biopic of [[Harry Houdini]], titled ''[[Death Defying Acts]]'' (2007), starring [[Guy Pearce]] as the [[escapologist]] Houdini, featured Zeta-Jones as a Scottish con artist who claims psychic powers. The unsuccessful production was given only a limited theatrical release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/death_defying_acts/ |title=Death Defying Acts (2008) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822064402/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/death_defying_acts/ |archive-date=22 August 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Goldstein |first=Gregg |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harvey-bob-hone-act-115900 |title=Harvey and Bob hone their act |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=17 July 2008 |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727061037/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harvey-bob-hone-act-115900 |archive-date=27 July 2015}}</ref>

In 2007, Zeta-Jones starred alongside [[Aaron Eckhart]] and [[Abigail Breslin]] in the romantic comedy ''[[No Reservations (film)|No Reservations]]'', a remake of the German film ''[[Mostly Martha (film)|Mostly Martha]]'' (2001). ''No Reservations'' tells the story of an ambitious chef (Zeta-Jones) whose life changes for the better when she takes in her young niece (Breslin) after her sister's death. In preparation for her part, Zeta-Jones worked in the kitchen and waited on tables at New York's Fiamma Osteria restaurant.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Levitt |first1=Beverly |title=Food gets top billing in 'No Reservations' |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=25 July 2007 |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-07-17-catherine-zeta-jones_N.htm |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones makes 'No Reservations' |work=USA Today |first=Donna |last=Freydkin |access-date=8 April 2016 |date=18 July 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423125156/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-07-17-catherine-zeta-jones_N.htm |archive-date=23 April 2016}}</ref> [[Claudia Puig]] of ''[[USA Today]]'' wrote that Zeta-Jones "shines as a character that finely balances off-putting reserve with sympathetic appeal", and Roger Ebert, despite disliking the film, did find her to be "convincing" in her role.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-07-26-no-reservations_N.htm |title='No Reservations': Go ahead, bite |work=USA Today |first=Claudia |last=Puig |access-date=9 December 2010 |date=26 July 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531114737/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2007-07-26-no-reservations_N.htm |archive-date=31 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ebert |first=Roger |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/no-reservations-2007 |title=No Reservations Movie Review & Film Summary (2007) |publisher=RogerEbert.com |date=25 July 2007 |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723093053/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/no-reservations-2007 |archive-date=23 July 2015}}</ref> With a global gross of $92&nbsp;million, the film marked her final commercial success of the decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=noreservations.htm |title=No Reservations |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323174844/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=noreservations.htm |archive-date=23 March 2010 }}</ref>

[[File:Catherine winning.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Zeta-Jones at the 2010 [[Drama Desk Award]]s ceremony, where she won [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]] for her role in ''[[A Little Night Music]]'']]

After ''No Reservations'', Zeta-Jones significantly decreased her workload in the following five years. She instead chose to focus on her family and health, having been diagnosed with [[bipolar II disorder]], and her infrequent acting appearances were in smaller-scale and less successful productions.<ref name="czjinterview">{{cite news |author=McQuoid, Debbie |url=http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interviews-and-profiles/just-call-me-cath |title=Just call me Cath |work=[[Stylist (magazine)|Stylist]] |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723081433/http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interviews-and-profiles/just-call-me-cath |archive-date=23 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Jagernauth |first=Kevin |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/catherine_zeta-jones_takes_up_residence_in_broken_city_with_mark_wahlberg_r |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones Takes Up Residence in 'Broken City' |publisher=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723080940/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/catherine_zeta-jones_takes_up_residence_in_broken_city_with_mark_wahlberg_r |archive-date=23 July 2015 }}</ref> She took on the role of a forty-year-old mother attracted to a younger man ([[Justin Bartha]]) in the romantic comedy ''[[The Rebound]]''. The production was released theatrically in markets outside of the United States in 2009–10, but due to financial troubles of its distributor, The Film Development, the film failed to release theatrically in America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=ZA&id=_fOCASJETRKY01 |title=The Rebound (2009) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092020/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=ZA&id=_fOCASJETRKY01 |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/05/catherine-zeta-jones-bipolar-disorder-new-movie-rebound-rock-of-ages.html |title=Catherine Zeta-Jones movie could go direct-to-video |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=5 May 2011 |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203310/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/05/catherine-zeta-jones-bipolar-disorder-new-movie-rebound-rock-of-ages.html |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

Zeta-Jones returned to the stage in 2009 with a revival of the [[Stephen Sondheim]] musical ''[[A Little Night Music]]'', which marked her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut. Set in Sweden during the early twentieth century, the musical follows the complicated relations between a group of people (including characters played by Zeta-Jones, [[Angela Lansbury]] and [[Alexander Hanson (actor)|Alexander Hanson]]) during the course of a summer. She played Desirée Armfeldt, an ageing actress, and was particularly drawn to the complexities of the piece, explaining: "There's no jazzy hands, no high kicks, no fishnet stockings,&nbsp;... It's not one of those shows where you can dig about three inches and come out the other end. You can keep digging and digging and digging".<ref name="nytimes"/> She did not listen to past recordings of the songs in the musical so she could bring her own interpretation to them.<ref name="nytimes"/> The critic Claire Prentice of ''The Daily Telegraph'' wrote that Zeta-Jones brought in a "quiet, reflective poignancy" in her rendition of the song "[[Send In the Clowns]]", but [[Emma Brockes]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' was more critical, remarking that "with her pretty voice, head wresting this way and that, [she] seems to be auditioning for stage school".<ref name="singing">{{cite news |last=Brockes |first=Emma |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/dec/14/catherine-zeta-jones-broadway-musical |title=Singing and acting, but not at the same time – Zeta-Jones falters on Broadway |work=The Guardian |date=14 December 2009 |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802024940/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/dec/14/catherine-zeta-jones-broadway-musical |archive-date=2 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Prentice |first=Claire |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/6808914/A-Little-Night-Music-at-the-Walter-Kerr-Theatre-review.html |title=A Little Night Music at the Walter Kerr Theatre, review |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=14 December 2009 |access-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823191638/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/6808914/A-Little-Night-Music-at-the-Walter-Kerr-Theatre-review.html |archive-date=23 August 2015}}</ref> For her performance, Zeta-Jones won the [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Tony Award]] and [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Drama Desk Award]] for Best Actress in a Musical.<ref name="Tony">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10306757 |title=Catherine Zeta Jones wins Tony Award |publisher=BBC News |date=14 June 2010 |access-date=28 January 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408040747/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10306757 |archive-date=8 April 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gans |first=Andrew |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/winners-of-55th-annual-drama-desk-awards-will-be-presented-trophies-sept-16-com-171740 |title=Winners of 55th Annual Drama Desk Awards Will Be Presented Trophies Sept. 16 |work=Playbill |date=14 September 2010 |access-date=30 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701051527/http://www.playbill.com/article/winners-of-55th-annual-drama-desk-awards-will-be-presented-trophies-sept-16-com-171740 |archive-date=1 July 2016}}</ref>