Cadillac Records

Name: Cadillac Records
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Music
Released: December 5, 2008
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Adrien Brody, Beyoncé Knowles, Columbus Short, Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def

2008

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TriStar Pictures | Release Date: December 5, 2008

Starring: Adrien Brody, Beyoncé Knowles, Columbus Short, Jeffrey Wright, Mos Def

Summary: In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950's Chicago, Cadillac Records follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter and Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry. (Sony Pictures)

Director: Darnell Martin

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Music

Rating: R

Runtime: 109 min

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The New York Times - A.O. Scott

This movie is crowded and sprawling, and if it rambles sometimes, that's just fine. Like those big, boxy Caddies (and like Howlin’ Wolf, if he did say so himself), it's built for comfort, not for speed. It hums, it purrs and it roars. Read full review

Christian Science Monitor - Peter Rainer

The film suffers at times from biopic-itis – the narrative unfolds with the requisite heartbreak carefully apportioned – but it's always eye-catching. Read full review

Slate - Dana Stevens

One of the strengths of Cadillac Records, written and directed by Darnell Martin, is that it's a movie about music by someone who genuinely seems to enjoy listening to music. Read full review

Chicago Reader - Andrea Gronvall

The electrifying music helps camouflage the screenplay's hyperbole. Read full review

ReelViews - James Berardinelli

There are plenty of small pleasures to be found throughout Darnell Martin's feature, but a compelling storyline featuring three-dimensional characters is not among them. Read full review

New York Daily News - Elizabeth Weitzman

There are certain films - let's call them Road Map Movies - that drive you directly from point A to point B to point C, with barely a stop for gas. Cadillac Records is such a film: You see all the major landmarks, but how enlightening can a road trip be if you never even get off the highway? Read full review

Village Voice - Robert Wilonsky

With everything so wrong, how can there be anything right about Cadillac Records? Read full review

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MaxR.

Dec 22, 2008

Excellent movie! It May be fast- paced but the music adds credit to it. All the actors had amazing performances.I was especially surprised by Beyonce's performance, usually she seems shy in her movies but it shows that she is still improving