
Overview
Genre :
Biography, MusicalRelease Date :
April 09, 2010 (Limited)Director :
Jerry ZaksStarring :
Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo, Jon Abrahams, Chi McBride, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Marika Dominczyk
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics
Readers Be the 1st!
“..Who Do You Love? solves segregation with a harmonica duet, suggesting its proclivity for hot air..”
by Nick Pinkerton [Village Voice]

“..Too bad this flick lost the race to the theaters..”
by Kam Williams [NewsBlaze]
“..the original grooves are sacred..”
by Stephen Holden [NY Times]
Review rate : C+
“..the Chess Records story simplified and telegraphed..”
“..the Chess Records story simplified and telegraphed..”
by Noel Murray [A.V. Club]

“..one sorry-ass motherfucker..”
by Jason Clark [Slant Magazine]
“..an entertaining story about a deeply lonely man..”
by John Anderson [Variety]
“..An engaging but superficial look at Chess Records and its hard-to-pin-down entrepreneurial owner..”
by Kirk Honeycutt [Hollywood Reporter]
“..a satisfying, nicely crafted fact-based riff on pop-music history with a number of tweaks..”
by Doris Toumarkine [Film Journal International]





