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The Cotton Club

1984

Francis Ford Coppola

Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines ...

6.9

10,463

Musical. Drama The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem, NYC, in the 20s. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous.

In October 2019, Coppola released another version titled "The Cotton Club Encore", adding new sequences.

	Author	Review
United States	Paul Attanasio The Washington Post	"'Cotton Club' adventurously questions the formulas of Hollywood; its success in doing so without a hint of boredom or pretension augurs a whole new way of making movies.	POS
United States	Variety	"[It] emerges as uneven and sometimes unfocused (...) Hines and McKee generate real sparks in their relationship and latter adds an interesting dimension"	NEU
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"It was the most assured film Coppola had made in a decade, full of casual wit and visual invention"	POS
United States	The New York Times	"The best things in the film are its musical numbers, but though 'The Cotton Club' is loaded with period music, it becomes overwhelmed by the general sloppiness of everything that's going on."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'The Cotton Club' is, quite simply, a wonderful movie (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"The narrative is a mess despite the simplistic twinning of tales, and - worse yet - keeps interrupting the heart-stopping hoofing."	NEG
United Kingdom	RW Empire	"[An] elegant misfire (...) This feels like a movie with its heart ripped out (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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