This elegant production beautifully captures a time and place that no longer exists -- and perhaps never did -- except in song.
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07/09/04
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De-Lovely (2004)
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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:74
Rotten:77
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Musical numbers save movie from cliches.
Theatrical Release:Jul 2, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $13,148,028
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... [More]
Starring: Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Keith Allen
Director: Irwin Winkler
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Reviews for De-Lovely
Top CriticCole Porter biopic has flair and great tunes, but it's a little short on the facts of the great songsmith's life.
07/08/04
De-lovely might be decorous, but it falls significantly short of its own lofty artistic intents... in short, was should have been de-lightful is barely mediocre.
07/06/04
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07/06/04
I don't know what I was more bothered by, his smirk or his strut
07/05/04
Finds the rhythm of your heart, plays it like a finely-tuned grand piano, and makes for the summer’s most sublimely catchy moviegoing experience.
07/04/04
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07/03/04
Some of this is true, some invented, but all of the songs are wonderful.
07/03/04
De-Lovely is worth a rental if only to learn more about Porter's wonderful music and to see two very fine performances from Kline and Judd.
07/02/04
It's afraid to move too far one way or the other. For a movie about the man who wrote "Let's Misbehave," there's an awful lot of behaving going on here.
07/02/04
De-Lovely has much to sing about but little to say.
07/02/04
Surprisingly uninvolving.
07/02/04
Top CriticThe movie has the air of something that's been in the morgue's icebox for a week.
07/02/04
Top CriticKevin Kline does a fine job portraying Porter as he's written. But the script is missing much of the complexity and some of the humanity of the composer.
07/02/04
A Porter biography that makes Porter's songs sound flat and undistinguished is on the wrong track.
07/02/04
The songs are too plentiful, even for a musical, and pop up with no discernible rhyme or reason -- they aren't performed in chronological order and often fail to fit even the mood of a scene.
07/02/04
Top CriticVisually, De-Lovely is a treat; the costumes and colors are lavish and intricate, with the movie occasionally fading elegantly into art deco black and white.
07/02/04
Director Irwin Winkler's highly stylized technique is difficult to connect with emotionally.
07/02/04
Top CriticIt's fun to see moderns like Elvis Costello, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall and Alanis Morissette 'doing' Porter.
07/02/04
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