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Duets [Region 2]

starring: Huey Lewis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Giamatti, Andre Braugher, Lochlyn Munro
directed by: Bruce Paltrow

: Duets [Region 2]
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 7321900932431
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 206570
Theatrical Release Date: May 31, 2001



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Amazon.com:
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



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Good Job
Recieved item in a timley fashion and in great shape! Would use again and again!


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Quirky and Strange
For those of us who are completely out of the loop when it comes to Karaoke Culture, this film will ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Better than the average music-oriented movie
You will never hear "Free Bird" the same way again after you've heard Andre Braugher in this movie. ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - entertaining...
I enjoyed the movie; it had great actors in it. Some people would say its not that great but if you ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A little 2-dmensional, but the singing will knock your socks off!
"Duets" is what my cinematically aware friends call a "sleeper". Most people in my circle never heard ... Read More

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