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De-Lovely

2004

Irwin Winkler

Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Angie Hill ...

6.2

1,326

Musical. Drama De-Lovely is an original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter, filled with his unforgettable songs. In the film, Porter is looking back on his life as if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and action onstage. Through elaborate production numbers and popular hits like "Anything Goes," "It's De-Lovely," and "Night and Day," Porter's elegant, excessive past ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"At its best, De-Lovely evokes a time, a place and a sound with stylish wit and sophistication (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"[Kline] does give one of the great movie performances of the year so far (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"Sadly, the daring and imagination required to go below the surface are nowhere to be found in 'De-Lovely'"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'De-Lovely' is a musical and a biography, and brings to both of those genres a worldly sophistication that is rare in the movies (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"De-plorable. De-sperate. De-you think you can sit through it without cutting your wrists? (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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