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Genre :

Drama, Musical

Release Date :

August 25, 2006 (Wide)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Bryan Barber

Starring :

Andre Benjamin, Antwan Andre Patton, Paula Patton, Terrence Howard, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

2 of 5

“..while it's visually inventive, the story's too trite and clich?d to be meaningful..”
by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]
Review rate : A-

“..madly soulful and enjoyable period musical romance..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
“..grows more conventional and slack as it rolls on..”
by Michael Atkinson [Village Voice]
2 of 4

“..collapses under a disappointing composite of cliches..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News]
2.5 of 4

“..Bryan Barber's mostly entertaining but erratic pastiche of Thirties-era..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
“..an entertaining mess..”
by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
“..a middling musical mishmash that can't keep a beat..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Sid Smith [Chicago Tribune]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
Reviewed by Ann Powers [Los Angeles Times]
Reviewed by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
Reviewed by Barry Paris [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

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