Idlewild (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 1 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: January 21, 2020
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: Universal MOD
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | André Benjamin, Macy Gray & Antwan A. Patton | |
Performer: | Terrence Howard, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames, Faizon Love, Cicely Tyson, Ben Vereen, Paula Jai Parker & Paula Patton | |
Directed by | Bryan Barber | |
Screenwriting by | Bryan Barber | |
Produced by | William Green & Robin O'Hara | |
Director of Photography: | Pascal Rabaud | |
Executive Production by | Scott Macauley |
Entertainment Reviews:
[Barber] impresses most in purely visual moments. He creates an imaginative inner life for his protagonists.
Sight and Sound
Its hodgepodge plot only heightens its stale smell
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CinePassion
Rating: C+ --
The only hope for saving the humorless Idlewild is the atmospheric speak-easy setting, the great dancing numbers and the chill soundtrack.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
3 stars out of 5 -- The musical sequences are outstanding, with the exceptional choreography and flashy cinematography more than a match for the big numbers.
Ultimate DVD
Especially exhilarating are the dance sequences, anachronistic fusions of hip-hop and swing...cut to a rhythm that emphasizes the moves on show.
Box Office
Rating: 2/4 --
A series of pretty-good pop videos wrapped around a confusing tale of Chitlin' Circuit striving and conniving.
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Toronto Star
You don't have to have a stylistic device in every single shot.
Ebert & Roeper
Product Description:
André Benjamin and Antoine A. Patton--aka Andre 3000 and Big Boi of the hip-hop duo Outkast--star in this uproarious period piece, a comedy-drama-musical-action film set in Prohibition-era Virginia. Patton plays Rooster, the lead singer at a raucous, high-class all-black club called Church. Benjamin plays Percival, his best friend, who is the piano player at the club and the shy son of a funeral parlor owner (played by Ben Vereen). Terence Howard (HUSTLE AND FLOW) provides the menace as Trumpy, a vicious underling of Rooster's bootlegger father (Ving Rhames). Meanwhile, a beautiful singer (Paula Patton) comes to town and Percival finds himself falling in love--much to his terror, as he's afraid to leave the small community of Idlewild for the big city: Chicago, her next stop. As Rooster prepares for a showdown with Trumpy, Percival faces his fears, the band heats up, and the guns and songs come out for a big final night at the Church.
This is clearly a labor of love for writer/director Brian Barber and the Outkast crew: a color-saturated adrenalin rush of witty dialogue, loving attention to period detail, boisterous and athletic dancing, and lots of eye-popping digital animation (such as Rooster's talking/singing whiskey flask). Appearing in a bevy of diamond-studded cameos and bit parts are Cicely Tyson, Macy Gray, Cedric the Entertainer, Patti LaBelle, Jackie Long, Faizon Love, Malinda Williams, and child rapper Bobb'e J. Thompson, who is hilarious--and demonstrates some very fancy footwork--as the young Rooster.
This is clearly a labor of love for writer/director Brian Barber and the Outkast crew: a color-saturated adrenalin rush of witty dialogue, loving attention to period detail, boisterous and athletic dancing, and lots of eye-popping digital animation (such as Rooster's talking/singing whiskey flask). Appearing in a bevy of diamond-studded cameos and bit parts are Cicely Tyson, Macy Gray, Cedric the Entertainer, Patti LaBelle, Jackie Long, Faizon Love, Malinda Williams, and child rapper Bobb'e J. Thompson, who is hilarious--and demonstrates some very fancy footwork--as the young Rooster.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 18,344
- UPC: 191329129753
- Shipping Weight: 0.15/lbs (approx)
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