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06/24/06
De-Lovely (2004)
49 %
Reviews Counted: 150 Fresh: 74 Rotten:76 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Consensus:
Musical numbers save movie from cliches.
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Synopsis: Directed by Irwin Winkler, DE-LOVELY depicts the life of the great American composer Cole Porter (Kevin Kline). Despite his sexual preference for men, Porter found inspiration and virtually unconditional love with Linda Lee (Ashley Judd). Told in flashback as Porter is near death, the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Keith Allen, Natalie Cole
Director: Irwin Winkler
Screenwriter: Jay Cocks
Producer: Irwin Winkler, Rob Cowan, Charles Winkler
Composer: Cole Porter
Screenwriter: Jay Cocks
Producer: Irwin Winkler, Rob Cowan, Charles Winkler
Composer: Cole Porter
Reviews
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There are enough glorious songs, energetically warbled by a host of modern pop stars, to keep us enthralled.
09/14/04
Top Critic
More imagination than inquiry, this cautiously reverential tale reaches for aesthetic pleasure and emotion over insight.
05/24/07
If you ignore the plot and just approach the flick as nothing more than a 21st century update of a Busby Berkeley-style musical, you will not be disappointed.
05/23/07
Performances crackling with an enthusiasm that indicates how much Porter's work continues to be loved and respected.
09/22/06
Elegante e esteticamente admirável, este musical é um pouco mais longo do que deveria, mas as belas canções e os complexos planos concebidos por Winker acabam compensando.
05/05/05
The production numbers recap Porter's life using his own music. The concept is nothing if not original but it's the execution that causes the greatest strife.
04/17/05
...employs a bizarre structure that makes it virtually impossible to connect with anything or anyone on screen.
02/20/05
Emotionally week and distant, like watered-down soup. It provides poor nourishment.
02/02/05
An intelligent behind-the-scenes look at enduring love and enduring music.
12/15/04
...if I didn't already enjoy the composer's music, this movie would never have swayed to like it.
11/27/04
Kline and Judd are both good, but Cole Porter seems to have more sophistication than depth.
11/24/04
The movie does offer insight into a man whose lyrics now are underscored with the deeper, hidden rhythms of truth.
11/16/04
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