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Despite the charming principal performances, The Dukes remains little more than an unambitious pet project.
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Davi, who has the kind of handsomely weathered face that has spent a lot of time gazing into the sun, clearly poured his heart into this movie, and it shows. December 11, 2008 | Rating: 3/4
Davi, who has the kind of handsomely weathered face that has spent a lot of time gazing into the sun, clearly poured his heart into this movie, and it shows.
Moira MacDonald
A meager, low-key dramedy. November 26, 2008 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
A meager, low-key dramedy.
Josh Bell
As light as a feather and about as memorable, The Dukes is a pet project all the way, just a lark for Davi and his buddies to star in and screen for one another like a home movie. November 26, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
As light as a feather and about as memorable, The Dukes is a pet project all the way, just a lark for Davi and his buddies to star in and screen for one another like a home movie.
Josh Rosenblatt
A lot of love was clearly poured into this project; too bad the results were only so-so. November 21, 2008 | Rating: 2/4
A lot of love was clearly poured into this project; too bad the results were only so-so.
Bob Strauss
The sweetness grows cloying by the end, but perhaps that's fitting for a film that's so clearly a labor of love. November 21, 2008 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The sweetness grows cloying by the end, but perhaps that's fitting for a film that's so clearly a labor of love.
Rafer Guzman
The Dukes may be hard to find on the big screen, but it's worth keeping an eye out for once it reaches DVD. November 21, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The Dukes may be hard to find on the big screen, but it's worth keeping an eye out for once it reaches DVD.
James Berardinelli
Between the performances and the nice visual style, the whole feels greater than the sum of its plot points. November 20, 2008
Between the performances and the nice visual style, the whole feels greater than the sum of its plot points.
Andy Klein
Here's the little movie that could, a potent directing debut for actor Robert Davi. November 19, 2008 | Rating: 3/4
Here's the little movie that could, a potent directing debut for actor Robert Davi.
Peter Travers
The old-fashioned story is aided by surprisingly smooth direction, as well as likable performances from Davi himself, Chazz Palmintieri, and a perfectly cast Peter Bogdanovich. November 18, 2008 | Full Review…
The old-fashioned story is aided by surprisingly smooth direction, as well as likable performances from Davi himself, Chazz Palmintieri, and a perfectly cast Peter Bogdanovich.
Although it would be great to see Chazz Palminteri break out of the usual tough guy roles and Robert Davi break through into a successful career of writing and directing, this is not the film that does either. Decent viewing for the family but neither th November 17, 2008 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
Although it would be great to see Chazz Palminteri break out of the usual tough guy roles and Robert Davi break through into a successful career of writing and directing, this is not the film that does either. Decent viewing for the family but neither th
Ron Wilkinson
Jokes about a matron at an Italian restaurant and a guy with a thing for fat chicks only take you so far. November 14, 2008 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Jokes about a matron at an Italian restaurant and a guy with a thing for fat chicks only take you so far.
Kyle Smith
[It's] about the kinds of showbiz hangers-on seen in the background of a Scorsese movie, and it feels like those guys decided they were the real stars. November 14, 2008 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
[It's] about the kinds of showbiz hangers-on seen in the background of a Scorsese movie, and it feels like those guys decided they were the real stars.
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