Idlewild (2006)
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 125
Fresh: 60 | Rotten: 65
Idlewild has some truly breathtaking moments, but borrows too heavily from other similar movies, and the disjointed script is not worthy of talents involved.
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 21
Idlewild has some truly breathtaking moments, but borrows too heavily from other similar movies, and the disjointed script is not worthy of talents involved.
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OutKast duo André "Andre 3000" Benjamin and Antwan Andre "Big Boi" Patton star as two Prohibition-era performers determined to fend off the vicious gangsters currently attempting to gain a stake in the pair's lucrative club in this musical drama directed by longtime collaborator Bryan Barber and featuring choreography by three-time Tony award winner Hinton Battle. In the 1930s, Idlewild was the hottest speakeasy in the South thanks to the impressive showmanship of flamboyant manager/lead
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Cast
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André Benjamin
Percival -
Antwan Andre Patton
Rooster -
Paula Patton
Angel -
Terrence Howard
Trumpy -
Faizon Love
Ace -
Malinda Williams
Zora -
Cicely Tyson
Mother Hopkins -
Macy Gray
Taffy -
Ben Vereen
Percy Senior -
Paula Jai Parker
Rose -
Bobb'e J. Thompson
Young Rooster -
Patti LaBelle
The Real Angel Davenpor... -
Ving Rhames
Spats -
Jackie Long
Monk -
Oscar Dillon
Bobo -
Jalil Lynch
Cliff -
Esau Ali Caldwell
Sonny -
Bruce Bruce
Nathan -
Bre'wan Waddell
Young Percival -
Carol Mitchell-Leon
Auntie Belle -
China Anderson
Rooster's Daughter -
Isis Faust
Rooster's Daughter -
Kyra Freeman
Rooster's Daughter -
Kabrina Truesdale
Rooster's Daughter -
Rodney Johnson
Fatts -
Farnsworth Bentley
Voice of the Flask -
Bryan Barber
Photographer -
Cynthia Covington Blash
Landlady -
Cali Casino
Stagehand -
Kevin Rowe
Stagehand -
Lillian Jones
Stiffed Whore -
Lakesha Lee
Wailing Mourner -
Charlie Lucas
Cap -
Angelo Christopher Moore
Band Director -
Bill Nunn
GW -
Afemo Omilami
Walter -
Liwaza Green
Fine Woman -
Karen Dyer
Eva the Fire Diva -
Annalisia Simone
Honey Bun -
Jennifer Johnson
Nan -
Autavia Bailey
Coco -
Jessica Castro
Bobbi -
Kenna Morris
Sandi -
Stephanie Moseley
China -
Debra Killings
Singing Voice of Angel -
Quinn Bass
Swop Dancer -
Torya Beard
Swop Dancer -
Jennifer Edmonds
Swop Dancer -
Ryan Francois
Swop Dancer -
Edgar Godineaux Jr.
Swop Dancer -
Terrance Harrison
Swop Dancer -
Micah James
Swop Dancer -
Erika T. Johnson
Swop Dancer -
Janice Lorraine
Swop Dancer -
Chanel Malvar
Swop Dancer -
Marielys Molina
Swop Dancer -
Adesola Osakalumi
Swop Dancer -
Henry Platt
Swop Dancer -
Danielle Polanco
Swop Dancer -
Carlos Sierra
Swop Dancer -
Ivan "Flipz" Velez
Swop Dancer -
Nadine Ellis
Church Dancer -
Elton Laron
Church Dancer -
Tracie Burton
Church Dancer -
Ayesha Orange
Church Dancer -
Josette Wiggan
Church Dancer -
Jason Samuels Smith
Church Dancer -
Victoria Parsons
Church Dancer -
Dannon Bryant
Church Dancer -
Patrick 'Sleepy' Brown
Syncopated Church Orche... -
John Norwood Fisher
Syncopated Church Orche... -
Kevin Kendrick
Syncopated Church Orche... -
John Dexter Steward Jr.
Syncopated Church Orche...
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All Critics (131) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (63) | Rotten (66) | DVD (4)
For a band whose music is suffused with such delicate irony, you'd expect at the very least for there to be a few laughs along the way? There are none. Nothing. Zero.
Top CriticYou don't have to have a stylistic device in every single shot.
Shakespeare has been quoted many, many times over the past 400 or so years, but never to such empty purpose as in the inchoate, self-indulgent musical drama Idlewild
By jumbling genres, fashions, music and locales, and riddling bullets through much of it, Idlewild ends up feeling disjointed and disquieting.
A series of pretty-good pop videos wrapped around a confusing tale of Chitlin' Circuit striving and conniving.
Comic, dramatic, highly conceptual and all great fun.
Benjamin and Patton have devised a basic Prohibition era gangster story as a background for their newest musical experiment melding modern hip-hop with the jazz and blues of the '30s, all put together with a great deal of visual cleverness and flair.
Its hodgepodge plot only heightens its stale smell
Violent musical featuring OutKast. Not for kids.
Though not as good as I hoped it would be, it's still an above par musical effort in the end...
1930s black America becomes just a stage for OutKast's vanity project.
Neither fish nor fowl. Nor foul, either, though not great--and ultimately, more idle than wild.
In spite of several inspired moments where it exhibits some genuine promise, this desperate attempt to be all things to all people ends up sabotaging any potential to make a memorable contribution to the annals of cinema.
Visually, the picture pleasantly harks back to a bygone era, but it simultaneously undercuts that sense of nostalgia by indulging in incessant profanity, the N-word, rap music and some thoroughly modern dance moves.
The music, which sounds like a collaboration between Cab Calloway and Run DMC, keeps the story flowing.
Idlewild overflows with inventiveness and random weirdness that sort of make it a must-see even if it isn't a particularly good film.
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