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Summary: Just great in all aspect ...
Review: This film is a great film. Not just the story, but the thing I like the most is how each character is described throughout the film. I would highly recommend this to everyone ...
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Summary: wow! Really sexy. but a sexy story that both sexes like!
Review: This is a movie that is almost soft porn-that men and women like. Perfectly cast, it is a story that stays with you for a long, long time.One of my favorite movies--I like it better each time I see it--and the music is great!
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Summary: Five-star film in a flawed DVD
Review: This is my favorite film and one of the first DVDs I bought upon getting my player. The picture delighted me as it has so many times in the past--it's beautifully filmed, written, and acted. (Michelle Pfeiffer's thrilling performance is just the icing on an already delicious cake.) The DVD is, for the most part, a big improvement over the VHS version. It's in widescreen, for one thing, and the digital transfer brings out so much detail in the photograpy and, especially, the performances. Pfeiffer and the Bridges brothers are wonderfully subtle actors and you can see the nuances of their acting here in a way that wasn't possible outside of a theatrical screening. An added bonus is the audio commentary by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus. There are, however, a couple of problems with the DVD version. The color quality isn't the best--it seems faded in comparison with the theatrical and VHS versions. The other is a flub in the transfer that should have been caught and corrected. In the "Making Whoopee" scene, the picture at one point briefly freezes into a still image. (It occurs directly before Pfeiffer steps down from the piano.) As momentary as it is, it's distracting, and it has to occur, in all places, in the film's most famous scene. It's still a great movie and the DVD is definitely worth getting even if one has the VHS version, but one wishes the releasing company had taken a little more care in preparing it before releasing it on the market.
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Summary: Michelle Pfeiffer the best
Review: This is my favorite movie, I never got tired of watching it. To those who are planning to see this movie, I guarantee you'll enjoy this. Michelle Pfeiffer in her famous piano scene is considered now a classic. Jeff Bridges and Pfeiffer's chemistry is one of the best ever seen on screen. This movie is just underrated.
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Summary: Michelle Pfeiffer the best
Review: This is my favorite movie, I never got tired of watching it. To those who are planning to see this movie, I guarantee you'll enjoy this. Michelle Pfeiffer in her famous piano scene is considered now a classic. Jeff Bridges and Pfeiffer's chemistry is one of the best ever seen on screen. This movie is just underrated.
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Summary: Michelle Pfeiffer is pfabulous!
Review: This is one of the finest character comedies that Hollywood has produced in the last few decades. If you are the kind of movie watcher who enjoys a film that doesn't pander to the lowest class of troglodyte audience, this one's for you. It's smart, funny, intense and features the most memorable scene in recent romantic movie history- Michelle Pfeiffer in a red dress singing "Makin' Whoopee" atop a piano. This one proves Pfeiffer is the best actress working in Hollywood today...no doubt about it.
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Summary: Pfeiffer puts Fabulous into the Baker Boys
Review: When I saw this movie over 10 years ago at the theater, Michelle Pfeiffer absolutely blew me away. I believe that I had heard some movie reviewer say something like Pfeiffer puts the Fabulous into the Baker Boys, and she positively does.If you are remotely a Michelle Pfeiffer fan, then you should see this movie. She is absolutely incredible. The scene in the movie that is worth five stars by itself is where Suzie Diamond(Pfeiffer) is singing Makin' Whoopie on top of the piano. It is just way to hot for words. Even though Pfeiffer steals every scene that she is in, Jeff and Beau Bridges do a great job as a pair of piano playing brothers, who have had a lounge act over 15 years. The movie focuses more on the trials and tribulations of Jack(Jeff Bridges). He is at a crossroads in his life. Should he stay with his brother, Frank(Beau Bridges) in the comfortable lounge act that they have had, or should he pursue his passion for playing jazz? Frank had always been comfortable doing the same act, because he had a family to feed. When the brothers feel like their act is getting into a rut, they decide that they need to hire a female singer. After going through the process of listening to all of these different women, they finally decide to go with Suzie Diamond(Michelle Pfeiffer). When she finally gets adjusted to the act, Suzie shines. What Suzie does for Jack is to open the door for him to realize that he needs to take a chance with his life and follow his passion. In the meantime, Suzie becomes interested in Jack and even though Frank is telling Jack to stay away from Suzie personally, Jack simply cannot resist. Jack eventually does make the hard transition of breaking with his brother. Jeff and Beau Bridges do an excellent job in some scenes that explore the dynamic of sibling relationships. One of the best things about this movie is the soundtrack. Dave Grusin does a wonderful job with the score. In fact, I think that he should have won the Oscar for it. Michelle Pfeiffer's voice is absolutely incredible. On the soundtrack, she sings Makin' Whoopee and My Funny Valentine. No one will ever sing these songs as well as she does. The Fabulous Baker Boys is a very adult film, so I would not recommend it for children at all. But, for the adult music lover, I would definitely see it.
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Summary: Michelle and the Fabulous Bridges Boys
Review: Written and directed by Steve Kloves, "The Fabulous Baker Boys" is a tale of music and brotherly love set in Seattle. The Baker boys are Jack and Frank (real life brothers Jeff and Beau Bridges), who eke out a living playing piano together at various venues throughout the Emerald City, a basic lounge act they've been doing for fifteen years. Frank is the responsible one, because he has to be; he has a wife, kids and a home in the suburbs. He manages their business, secures the bookings and is content to stick with a formula that works. For him, it's not about the music, it's about keeping food on the table for those who depend on him. Jack, on the other hand, is unattached and could care less about the business end of the partnership. As long as it affords him a modicum of security as well as dignity, he is more than willing to just go along for the ride. For Jack, though, underneath it all, it is about the music; it's about jazz. On off nights he will steal away alone to some small club to play, and deep down inside he knows that this is not only what he really wants, but needs. And he knows he could be great, if only he'd let himself go. The trouble is, he's been with Frank his whole life, and as long as the act is working he just can't make the break. Unless something happens, his dreams are destined to remain suppressed and unrealized. It is only when one of their regular clubs balks at rescheduling them that the brothers begin to realize that perhaps their act is getting a bit stale. So they decide to try adding a singer to the act. After a memorable scene in which a number of young hopefuls are auditioned, Suzie Diamond (Michelle Pfeiffer) enters their life. She joins the act on a trial basis, and after an amusing and somewhat tentative beginning, infuses it with new life, though Frank continues to adamantly resist too much of a departure from their original show. ("Does anyone really want to hear 'Feelings' again?" she asks him at one point). Ultimately, however, Suzie becomes the impetus for change that Jack has needed all along, and the stage is set for the decisive moment, which comes when the dignity of the brothers is compromised due to an incident on Frank's part of uncharacteristic carelessness. When Jack tells Frank, "We've never been clowns before-" you know exactly how deep it has cut. Kloves has fashioned an entertaining study of relationships, change, and the effects of complacent loyalty and self-denial; and the importance of following your own heart. When Jack sits down alone at the piano in that smoke-filled club, we know that this is where he is meant to be. Filmed on location in and around Seattle, with a terrific score by Dave Grusin,a supporting cast that includes Jennifer Tilly (Monica) and Ellie Raab (Nina), and a classic scene in which Suzie Diamond croons "Makin' Whoopee" atop a piano, "The Fabulous Baker Boys" is an absolute gem you do not want to miss.
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Summary: Enough about Michelle, what about Jeff???
Review: Yes, Michelle P. seems to be every man's fantasy, but for me, a female, check out the way Jeff seduces her by the piano! I met Jeff B. and he must be 6'4"...and sexy. The music tops it all off...Grusin, good job.
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