Cadillac Records
TriStar Pictures | Release Date: December 5, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
21
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth 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
60
EmpireWilliam Thomas
Beyoncé proves her Dreamgirls turn was no fluke in this so-so Blues melodrama. Read full review
60
VarietyJohn Anderson
Most of the details are right-on in Cadillac Records, though the director's efforts to sell it sometimes steers the film into mawkish or hokey territory. Read full review
60
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
Director Darnell Martin (I Like it Like That) races through the script's bullet points with a brisk superficiality that leaves crucial plot points underdeveloped and unresolved, and refuses to engage the dark side of Leonard Chess’ paternalism. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
It's all a blur, except for the music. That's workin'. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
It's a rousing, fast-paced tale, told with a modicum of verve and packed with colorfully flawed, occasionally heroic and even tragic characters. It also feels disappointingly bloated and too fast-paced by half. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Martin attempts to present the whole oversized Chess story, but instead winds up reducing the lives and art that give it shape. Read full review
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