Product: Cadillac Records [Blu-ray] (2008)
Rating: 3.0
Entertaining, but HORRIBLY INACCURATE
I watched the film with a friend last night & just about gagged on all the inaccuracies that are also perpetrated in the featurettes. See "K Cooper"'s "most helpful review" for some of the specifics. The biggest (but far from only) playing with the facts is totally ignoring Leonard's brother Phil Chess. It's a shame they didn't at least set the record straight in the featurettes, that would have undid much of the damage.One other thing I noticed is that the actors who copy Muddy & Wolf did a great job, but oddly rapper Mos Def makes Chuck Berry's singing voice sound like a white country singer. Couldn't they afford to license the real recordings? And modern "Urban" artist Beyonce is so NOT the blues. Totally out of place. Oh, & Howlin' Wolf wasn't skinny!I resent this movie for the inaccuracies, it could have been so much more.3-4 Stars for entertainment, 1 for accuracy.