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December 5, 2008
At the Movies: 'Cadillac Records' plays song you've heard before
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
Darnell Martin could have made an entire movie about Muddy Waters. Or Etta James. Or Chuck Berry.
| CADILLAC RECORDS |
 Director: Darnell Martin Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chrique, Eamonn Walker, Mos Def, Beyonce Knowles Rating: R for pervasive language and some sexuality Running time: 107 minutes |
Instead, the writer-director has made a movie about all of them with “Cadillac Records,” cramming their complicated individual stories into the larger saga of Chicago-based Chess Records, the label that launched those stars and so many others during the 1950s and 1960s.
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