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The Fabulous Baker Boys

1989

Steve Kloves

Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges, Jennifer Tilly ...

6.5

5,471

Drama Brothers Jack and Frank Baker (Jeff and Beau Bridges) are cocktail lounge piano players whose career has hit a sour note. They need a little charm and sex appeal to liven up their act--what they get is Susie Diamond (Pfeiffer), a beautiful, but hard-talking, chain-smoking singer.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'The Fabulous Baker Boys' doesn't do anything very original, but what it does, it does wonderfully well (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"'The Fabulous Baker Boys,' like its stars, has style and sultriness to spare (...) Pfeiffer just plain brings down the house"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"The luxurious feel of the film is a perfect counterpoint to the painful truths drawn on each brother's face, whilst Pfieffer is much more than eye candy (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"When the script allows them to have fun, the Bridges brothers are a winning pair. But make no mistake: It’s Michelle Pfeiffer who puts the “fabulous” into Baker Boys."	POS
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"'The Fabulous Baker Boys' is like a beloved movie from the glory days of Hollywood. It transports you. It's an American rhapsody."	POS
United States	Jay Carr Boston Globe	"From the first bracing hint of self-mockery in its title to its smoky, after-hours resolution, it's a grabber and a delight, constantly surpassing our expectations"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"All over this movie there are cliches that are just plain embarrassing, and unsettling moments in which it's obvious Kloves is writing about stuff he doesn't know a thing about."	NEG

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