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Cadillac Records

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This musical biopic takes a look at Chess Records in Chicago, which can lay claim to having put Rock 'n Roll on the musical map, via Blues and Rhythym and Blues. The story follows one of the Chess brothers who built the business, along with famous stars of the era, and the assorted business, political and personal problems that they had.

105 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Violence, Prejudice)
Biographical, Drama, Musical, Period piece, Romance.

Credits

Cast

Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Eamonn Walker, Mod Def, Beyoncé Knowles

Director

Darnell Martin

Screenplay

Darnell Martin

Music

Terence Blanchard

Cinematography

Anastas N. Michos

Editing

Peter C. Frank

Sound formats

Dolby Digital

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2008

Produced by

Parkwood PIctures, Sony Music Film

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Documentary, drama, musical
Language	Strong, crude, abusive, pervasive
Nudity	Very brief semi-nudity, infrequent, sexual context
Sex	Intimate touching and kissing of breasts, sensual simulated sex, infrequent, suggestive sounds, implied sexual context.
Violence	Moderate to strong, fairly frequent, in context, moderate blood.
Prejudice	Racial and class prejudice in historical context.
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Implied drug overdose, references to drugs
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Die BurgerPaul Boekkooi

Cape TimesMichael Sragow

The CitizenPeter Feldman

International Media

Box Office (USA)Steve Simels Money for something.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert The casting throughout is successful.

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson As is so often the case with music movies, the power of the songs and the energy of the cast compensate for a patchy, episodic narrative. But at least Cadillac Records peaks late rather than early, culminating in several knockout scenes between Brody and Knowles. Mos Def’s rakish take on Chuck Berry adds another jolt of rocket fuel.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers Too bad for Knowles that she's only part of Darnell Martin's rushed mess of a movie that jams the story of Chicago-based Chess Records into one incoherent package.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Rarely gets out of second gear.

Metacritic.com30 critics

RottenTomatoes.com114 critics

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

Internet (IMDB)2497 Netizens Huge

Average .. 60%

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