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  • 2010
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2010
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 31 m
Who Do You Love

Summary Who Do You Love is an intimate portrayal of how Phil and Leonard Chess built the legendary music label Chess Records. Chess launched some of the best loved names in Blues and Rock & Roll, and the film features authentic musical performances and a score steeped in hits from the Chess Records canon including Muddy Waters’ Stuff You Gotta W...

Directed By: Jerry Zaks

Written By: Peter Wortmann, Bob Conte

  • 2010
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2010
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 31 m

Who Do You Love

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Who Do You Love is an intimate portrayal of how Phil and Leonard Chess built the legendary music label Chess Records. Chess launched some of the best loved names in Blues and Rock & Roll, and the film features authentic musical performances and a score steeped in hits from the Chess Records canon including Muddy Waters’ Stuff You Gotta W...

Directed By: Jerry Zaks

Written By: Peter Wortmann, Bob Conte

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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54% Positive
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38% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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54% Positive
7 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
8% Negative
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For the most part, though, Who Do You Love does a marvelous job of recreating the times and the music and, most of all, of bringing to life this behind-the-scenes giant of the music business.
By Pam Grady FULL REVIEW
70
Nostalgia and blues buffs who missed that lively film ("Cadillac Records") could do worse than this entertaining, if sometimes slight, revisit directed by Broadway veteran Jerry Zaks.
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70
Who Do You Love, directed by Broadway veteran Jerry Zaks, pays attention to the music but to its credit pays even more attention to the actors and story.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
63
I think more edge is needed, more reality about the racial situation at the time, more insight into how and why R&B and rock ’n’ roll actually did forever transform societies in America and the world.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
58
Works best when it isn’t about freezing time and explaining moments in pop-music history, but is instead about guys playing music together.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
40
The music will keep you in your seat, but there's so much more to this story. If only they'd gotten it right the second time around.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
10
Goes from awful to insufferable.
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Production Company Alexander/ Mitchell Productions
Release Date Apr 9, 2010
Duration 1 h 31 m
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Website http://www.whodoyoulovemovie.com/
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Awards

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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