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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788826849
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788826840
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 08, 2001
Running Time: 112 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Sales Rank: 6263
MPN: DISD21650D
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Description:
Academy Award(R)-winner Gwyneth Paltrow (Best Actress, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY) and Scott Speedman (TV's FELICITY) are part of the stellar ensemble cast in a hilariously offbeat comedy! The lives of six stranges become outrageously intertwined when a riotous road trip culminates at the site of the national Karaoke championships. As they compete for the $5,000 grand prize, this unlikely group will eventually learn all about each other ... while discovering answers to the questions about themselves! Also featuring great performances from Maria Bello (COYOTE UGLY), Andre Braugher (FREQUENCY), Paul Giamatti (BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE), and Huey Lewis (SHADOW OF DOUBT) -- you'll agree with audiences everywhere who fell in love with this uncommonly entertaining comedy!
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Karaoke is a way for average people to get on stage and sing cover songs. In Duets, it's also a money sport. No, really. As with other bar sports (pool, darts), the karaoke-for-money game is rife with hustlers. One such hustler is Ricky Dean (Huey Lewis), who takes time off the karaoke circuit to attend the funeral of his ex-wife, where he meets his estranged daughter (Gwyneth Paltrow) and can't shake her desire to go on the road with him. The other hustler is Suzi Loomis (Maria Bello), a woman who literally prostitutes herself to get from gig to gig, until she meets up with a kind-hearted cabby (Scott Speedman). Then there's Todd Woods (Paul Giamatti), who gets so fed up with his sales job and being ignored at home that he hits the road, moving from karaoke bar to karaoke bar in a voyage of self-discovery. Along the way he picks up Reggie Kane (Andre Braugher), an escaped felon with a voice like an angel. All three couples end up in Omaha for the $5,000 karaoke finals. Chock full of bad writing and bad direction, the movie inspires a perverse fascination. Braugher and Giamatti chew up the scenery at every opportunity, but most interesting is the father-daughter incest subtext (compounded by the fact that the movie is directed by Gwyneth's dad, Bruce Paltrow). Eeeeesh. --Andy Spletzer
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Recieved item in a timley fashion and in great shape! Would use again and again!
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For those of us who are completely out of the loop when it comes to Karaoke Culture, this film will clear up the confusion. This was a quirky film that had much to offer. Gwynneth Paltrow was well-directed by her dad. It must have been interesting for her to play a character establishing a relationship with her father while actually being directed by her REAL father. And who knew Huey Lewis could act? The only problem was Paul Giamatti, again playing a culturally dispossessed loser. Been there, ... Read More
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You will never hear "Free Bird" the same way again after you've heard Andre Braugher in this movie.
With most movies that are musically oriented, you expect the equivalent of cotton candy. This is the kind of movie that you will think about years after you first see it. I know I have.
Besides, you've got Paul Giamatti doing his whacked out thing better than he does it in any other movie, including Sideways, Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow dueting on "Cruising" -- violence, ... Read More
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I enjoyed the movie; it had great actors in it. Some people would say its not that great but if you want a "sit back and enjoy" -its really good. My favorite part of course is the duet Paul Giamatti does - Try a Little Tenderness - they did so well, they could have cut a record! I liked it.
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"Duets" is what my cinematically aware friends call a "sleeper". Most people in my circle never heard of it, but when they see it, enjoy the heck out of it. What makes it great is (1) the singing and (2) the amazing assemblage of acting talent, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Giamatti, Maria Bello. And Huey Lewis isn't bad, either.
The biggest flaws are Gwyneth's gangly, toothy, goody-two-shoes character; the contrived father-daughter conflict scenes between her and Huey; and his obligatory ... Read More
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