Critic Reviews
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USA Today - Claudia Puig
: Though the music in Cadillac Records hums along powerfully, the film could use a tune-up.
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B-
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USA Today - Claudia Puig
: Though the music in Cadillac Records hums along powerfully, the film could use a tune-up.
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B-
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Gene Stout
: The soundtrack, an anything else, is what makes this movie so enjoyable.
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B+
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Gene Stout
: The soundtrack, an anything else, is what makes this movie so enjoyable.
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B+
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San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle
: ...didn't have to be nearly as good as it is.
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B+
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San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle
: ...didn't have to be nearly as good as it is.
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B+
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Rolling Stone - Peter Travers
: ...rushed mess of a movie ...
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C  
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Rolling Stone - Peter Travers
: ...rushed mess of a movie ...
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C  
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New York Times - A. O. Scott
: ...rollicking and insightful ...
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A  
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New York Times - A. O. Scott
: ...rollicking and insightful ...
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A  
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New York Post - Lou Lumenick
: Most of the actors perform wonderful re-creations of the original song that give Cadillac Records entertainment value well beyond the hackneyed story lines.
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B  
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New York Post - Lou Lumenick
: Most of the actors perform wonderful re-creations of the original song that give Cadillac Records entertainment value well beyond the hackneyed story lines.
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B  
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Hollywood Reporter - Kirk Honeycutt
: Superficial but musically satisfying look at a pivotal period in American musical history.
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B  
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Hollywood Reporter - Kirk Honeycutt
: Superficial but musically satisfying look at a pivotal period in American musical history.
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B  
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filmcritic.com - Bill Gibron
: ...it's hard to tell fact from fiction.
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B-
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filmcritic.com - Bill Gibron
: ...it's hard to tell fact from fiction.
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B-
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Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman
: Wright plays Waters as an elegant tomcat in boxy suits who doesn't pretend he can love one woman at a time.
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B+
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Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman
: Wright plays Waters as an elegant tomcat in boxy suits who doesn't pretend he can love one woman at a time.
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B+
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E! Online - Luke Y. Thompson
: An all-star cast and some great soul music juice up this fact-based tale...
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A-
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E! Online - Luke Y. Thompson
: An all-star cast and some great soul music juice up this fact-based tale...
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A-
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Chicago Tribune - Tasha Robinson
: ...could use sic and less mugging...
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B  
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Chicago Tribune - Tasha Robinson
: ...could use sic and less mugging...
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B  
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Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
: The casting throughout is successful.
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B  
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Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
: The casting throughout is successful.
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B  
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Boston Globe - Ty Burr
: ...the music's electrifying but the details are murky.
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B-
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Boston Globe - Ty Burr
: ...the music's electrifying but the details are murky.
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B-
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