Idlewild (2006)

Andre ‘Andre 3000’ Benjamin
Antwan ‘Big Boi’ Patton
Faizon Love
Paula Jai Parker
Paula Patton
Ving Rhames
Ben Vareen
Macy Gray
Terrance Howard

Directed by Bryan Barber

Plot: Set against the backdrop of a 1930s southern speakeasy, Percival, a shy piano player, and Rooster, the club's showy lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their dreams alive.

Review: I am not usually into musicals, but I am a fan of Outkast. I really like most of their music and when I saw the cast to the film I figured it might have a chance at being decent.

To my surprise this movie is actually pretty good. The characters and acting are good. The story is pretty basic and nothing real original, but still works well. The music, which is the focal point of the movie, is all pretty good. Although this movie is billed as a musical, most of the music is put into the film via performances and not random breaking into song. The only issue I had with this movie was some of the music choices. Although I liked the music, some of it was not fitting for the time period that it was set in. Over all I enjoyed this movie and think people will enjoy it.



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