If you take the ride, you must pay the price
| Cast |
Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Eamonn Walker, Mod Def, Beyoncé Knowles |
| Director |
Darnell Martin |
| Screenplay | Darnell Martin |
| Music | Terence Blanchard |
| Cinematography | Anastas N. Michos |
| Editing | Peter C. Frank |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2008 |
| Produced by | Parkwood PIctures, Sony Music Film |
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| Genre | Documentary, drama, musical |
| Language | Strong, crude, abusive, pervasive |
| Nudity | Very brief semi-nudity, infrequent, sexual context |
| Sex | Intimate touching and kissing of breasts, sensual simulated sex, infrequent, suggestive sounds, implied sexual context. |
| Violence | Moderate to strong, fairly frequent, in context, moderate blood. |
| Prejudice | Racial and class prejudice in historical context. |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Implied drug overdose, references to drugs |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Die Burger Paul Boekkooi | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Michael Sragow | 15 |  |
| The Citizen Peter Feldman | 13 |  |
| Box Office Steve Simels  Money for something. | 8 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The casting throughout is successful. | 15 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson As is so often the case with music movies, the power of the songs and the energy of the cast compensate for a patchy, episodic narrative. But at least Cadillac Records peaks late rather than early, culminating in several knockout scenes between Brody and Knowles. Mos Def’s rakish take on Chuck Berry adds another jolt of rocket fuel. | 10 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Too bad for Knowles that she's only part of Darnell Martin's rushed mess of a movie that jams the story of Chicago-based Chess Records into one incoherent package. | 10 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs Rarely gets out of second gear. | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 30 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 114 critics | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer What Cadillac Records may lack in originality, it more than makes up for in strong performances and soul-stirring music. | 14 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 2497 Netizens Huge | 13 | |
Average .. 60% | 12 | |