1985
R
The Criterion Channel
1 h 37 m

1985
R
The Criterion Channel
1 h 37 m

Summary In this movie based on the early days of Def Jam Recordings, up-and-coming manager Russell Walker manages all the hottest acts on the record label Krush Groove Records, which include Run-D.M.C., Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and Kurtis Blow, while Rick (Rubin) produces the label's records. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell doesn't ha...

Directed By: Michael Schultz

Written By: Ralph Farquhar

1985
R
The Criterion Channel
1 h 37 m

1985
R
The Criterion Channel
1 h 37 m

Krush Groove

Name: Krush Groove
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Released: 1985-10-25
Duration: 1 min 37 s
Rating: 37
Cast: Sheila E., Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, Jam Master Jay, Mark Morales

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Michael Schultz

Written By: Ralph Farquhar

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews

17% Positive
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67% Mixed
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Chicago Tribune

A perennial problem with music-oriented movies is that the excitement of a live performance so seldom translates successsfully to the screen, and rap is no exception. There are plenty of big names involved in Krush Groove, but the music alone isn`t able to carry the film, and the plot certainly can`t.

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Except for The Fat Boys, who have some deft comic passes, nobody is required to act, or seems capable of it. But for what Krush Groove is - an unambitious film directed at a black teenage audience - it has its good points. [26 Nov 1985]

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Time Out

But this is a Grade A stop-me-if-you've-heard-this-one-before plot.

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TV Guide Magazine

Not much acting is on display, the dialog is simplistic, the story is superficial, and the direction is faceless, but true fans won't care. Others have been warned.

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The New York Times

Unfortunately, the skimpy screenplay by Ralph Farquhar insists upon entangling the performers in the most conventional subplots imaginable. Talent contests, feeble attempts at romance and the travails of a struggling young record company are all enlisted, however briefly, in the effort to drum up backstage activities for the players, who are best watched in performance anyhow. Rap music is infinitely more original than these creaky devices, and it deserves something better.

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Washington Post

Krush Groove is a kind of "Purple Drizzle," partly because of the story, which is scattershot; mostly because of the music, which isn't music at all, but rap, that tired fad of worn-out rock critics. [1 Nov 1985, p.B4]

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Production Company Crystalite Productions, Film Development Fund, Visual Eyes Productions

Release Date Oct 25, 1985

Duration 1 h 37 m

Rating R

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Tagline It's chillin'!

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Sheila E.

Self

Joseph Simmons

Self (Run-D.M.C)

Darryl McDaniels

Self (Run-D.M.C.)

Jam Master Jay

Self (Run-D.M.C.)

Mark Morales

Self (Fat Boys)

Damon Wimbley

Self (Fat Boys)

Darren Robinson

Self (Fat Boys)

Kurtis Blow

Self

Blair Underwood

Russell Walker

Ricky Bell

Self (New Edition)

Michael Bivins

Self (New Edition)

Bobby Brown

Self (New Edition)

Ronnie DeVoe

Self (New Edition)

Ralph E. Tresvant

Self (New Edition)

LisaGay Hamilton

Aisha

Daniel Simmons

Reverend Walker

Russell Simmons

Crocket

Charles Stettler

Terri Beiker

Rick Rubin

Rick

Sal Abbatiello

Sal

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