Drumline

Name: Drumline
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music
Released: December 13, 2002
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Nick Cannon, Orlando Jones, Zoe Saldana

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Fox 2000 Pictures | Release Date: December 13, 2002 | PG-13

Starring: Nick Cannon, Orlando Jones, Zoe Saldana

Summary: A unique look at the world and culture of show-style marching bands ar America's black universities. (20th Century Fox)

Director: Charles Stone III

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance, Music

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 118 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Does more than capture the excitement of marching bands; it gets their clockwork beauty as well. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Every holiday season needs a pleasant surprise, and this year it's Drumline. This entertaining and enthusiastically told tale shrewdly energizes its way-familiar plot line by setting it amid one of the greatest and least-known spectacles in American sports. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

Good, clean fun, with none of the icky aftertaste so common to “family friendly” ware, Drumline proves irresistible in more ways than one. Read full review

Charles Taylor

When the camera is floating up high, as the band practices its moves on the field, you can imagine Busby Berkeley watching somewhere, jealous that he never got his mitts on a marching band. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Brimming with heart and humor -- Drumline is a formulaic crowdpleaser set in the competitive world of university marching bands at predominantly black universities. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

The marching bands' duels are as fun as the cheerleader wars in "Bring It On." Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Essentially "Bring It On" minus the effervescence, star power, energy, and brisk pace -- in other words, everything that made it bearable. Read full review

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dlynch18

Feb 27, 2011

Hands down one of the best movies I have seen, seriously. Great storyline and Nick Cannon really gets into this character. Drumming was unreal and story had some nice twists.

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AshleyG.

Sep 30, 2005

Great movie! Brings me to my feet everytime, but it's not for the traditional, uptight people because they would just think it was another flakey film.

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JLuis_001

Sep 26, 2018

Regardless of its theme, the truth is that it wasn't so bad and that in itself is a great and pleasant surprise.
It's completely forgettable but that is a very different matter.

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cameronmorewood

Nov 12, 2012

Drumline contains some good ideas, but the execution is bad. None of the situations go far enough dramatically, and none of the drumline sequences make enough of an impact on you.

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