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Drumline (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 78
Fresh: 62
Rotten:16
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Consensus: Essentially a sports movie with drums, the energetic Drumline somehow manages to make the familiar seem fresh.
Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Charles Stone III's crowd-pleasing drama spotlights the previously unheralded world of university marching bands--more specifically, the cutthroat world that energizes Southern black campuses. Devon Miles (Nick Cannon) is a... [More]
Starring: Nick Cannon, Zoe Saldana, Orlando Jones, Leonard Roberts
Director: Charles Stone
Reviews for Drumline
...though the movie does overstay its welcome, it's never boring and the majority of the music is infectiously catchy...
08/01/03
A fun story for the whole family -- with some very good lessons about growing up.
05/26/03
Slick choreography and a confident performance by Orlando Jones keep this tale from beating to the tune of the same old drum.
05/20/03
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05/07/03
The film's saving grace is the brilliant execution of its march numbers.
03/31/03
Charles Stone III is a craftsman with brains and taste, an instinctive sense of where to put the camera and the discipline not to belabor scenes.
01/10/03
...this film has a vibrant and edgy feel to it making it a cut above the others.
12/31/02
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12/23/02
Amazing! A college story that works even without vulgarity, sex scenes, and cussing!
12/20/02
Drumline has plenty of opportunity to shift into sports-movie autopilot and resists it at every turn, valuing discovery over expectation.
12/17/02
Its over-reliance on genre conventions, character types and formulaic conflict resolutions crushes all the goodwill it otherwise develops.
12/17/02
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