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Viewer Score

86
Viewer score based on 57 votes.

Critic Score

65
Critics' score based on 30 reviews.
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Your Reviews

A great movie, it got me back in touch with the songs I grew up with.

August 29,2011
kuz396

A grest movie about the history of music in the U.S.

August 10,2011
martonent

Caddillac Records is one of my alltime favorites

July 16,2011
tjimdot

beyonce did a good job in thid move she needs 2 do a cd lol

November 23,2009
poohbabygirl0671

Beyoncé Knowles, singing at last for president obama 4 stars

March 19,2009
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Critic Reviews

This movie is crowded and sprawling, and if it rambles sometimes, that's just fine. Like those big, boxy Caddies (and like Howlin' Wolf, if he did say so himself), it's built for comfort, not for speed. It hums, it purrs and it roars.Full Review

A.O. Scott
The New York Times

It's an enjoyable ramble, with a feel for what made the early days of rock as wild as any that followed.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

One of the strengths of Cadillac Records, written and directed by Darnell Martin, is that it's a movie about music by someone who genuinely seems to enjoy listening to music.Full Review

Dana Stevens
Slate

In watching this film, it's best not to worry much about the film's fidelity to history but rather simply lean back and enjoy one great jam session on film.Full Review

Kirk Honeycutt
The Hollywood Reporter

Cadillac Records is an account of the Chess story that depends more on music than history, which is perhaps as it should be. The film is a fascinating record of the evolution of a black musical style, and the tangled motives of the white men who had an instinct for it.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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