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06/06/08
Duets (2000)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:5
Rotten:18
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: Duets suffers from sloppy direction and stretches credibility. Also, the characters are uninteresting and it's hard to care about what happens to them.
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Comedies
Box Office: $2,002,588
Synopsis: Duets is a road-trip film about six individuals who throw off the binds of their pre-determined lives and strive to fulfill their dreams. The metaphor for this is Karaoke … the courage to stand up,... [More]
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Huey Lewis, Andre Braugher, Paul Giamatti
Director: Bruce Paltrow
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Reviews for Duets
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03/19/02
Top CriticHappily for all, director Bruce Paltrow approaches the sing-along world of karaoke with an affectionate but mildly satiric eye.
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01/01/00
Top CriticEvery so often a movie comes along that's bad in such original and unexpected ways that it inspires an almost admiring fascination.
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Top CriticOK, it got to me.
01/01/00
Top CriticTo their credit, [Byrum and Paltrow] attempted to make a movie of ideas. Alas, many of the ideas are bad. Not to mention bigoted.
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Top CriticThere are too many characters, subplots and themes going on at the same time, so it's hard to connect with any of them.
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Top CriticA conceptual train wreck.
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Top CriticSubstitute 'bland' for 'blonde' and you've got a pretty good description of [Paltrow's] movie.
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Top CriticDisjointed, contrived and about as plausible as a karaoke singer with a scholarship to Juilliard.
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Top CriticDuets is a clumsily constructed motion picture that could have been a lot better with a tighter and more focused script.
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Top CriticThe press notes say the director spent five years developing Duets. He should have developed it more.
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01/01/00
Top CriticIn addition to its other shortcomings, Duets is awfully slow in getting going.
01/01/00
Top CriticA talented acting ensemble and some show-stopping musical numbers make the film an intermittently irresistible entertainment.
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Top CriticThe talented cast doesn't stand much of a chance in this rambling, pointless narrative, reeling off such howlers as: 'I've waited all my life to spend time with you.'
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Top CriticThe joys of singing give the movie a hook, but when Duets aims for lyricism, it's got a tin ear.
01/01/00
Top CriticMarquee value of an Academy Award-winning star lifted it up to the big screen -- a step higher than it should have gone.
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