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Name: Cadillac Records
Released: 2008-12-5
Cast: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyonce Knowles, Cedric the Entertainer, Mos Def

Cadillac Records

R
1h 49m
2008

66%

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Cadillac Records chronicles the rise of Leonard Chess' (Adrien Brody) Chess Records and its recording artists including Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Little Walter (Columbus Short), Chuck Berry (Mos Def), Willie Dixon (Cedric The Entertainer) and the great Etta James (Beyonce Knowles). In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in Chicago of the 1950s and 60s, the film follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's greatest musical legends.

Director:

Darnell Martin

Producer:

Andrew Lack, Sofia Sondervan

Writer:

Darnell Martin

Cast:

Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyonce Knowles, Cedric the Entertainer, Mos Def

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

66%

Critics Consensus: What Cadillac Records may lack in originality, it more than makes up for in strong performances and soul-stirring music.

Reviews

Behind The Lens

Debbie Lynn Elias

It's got a good beat and you can dance to it. And on this week's Rate-A-Record card, I give [Cadillac Records] a 98.

Darnell Martin takes some dramatic licence with the tale of Chess Records. But it's an enthralling story nonetheless, and the outstanding ensemble cast - together with a primal, heart-thumping blues soundtrack - make it a blast from start to finish.

It turns out to be grittier and more lowdown than that Ray Charles bio.

August 15, 2017

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Joanne Laurier

The movie's major problem is its relatively superficial approach to postwar Chicago, which perhaps accounts for director Martin's playing fast and loose with the historical record.

March 5, 2021

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