Revisiting Chess Records
di Gary Goldstein The Los Angeles Times
If "Who Do You Love" generates a sense of déjà vu, that's because this story of Chess Records and its shrewd founder, Leonard Chess, was covered in 2008's "Cadillac Records." Still, nostalgia and blues buffs who missed that lively film could do worse than this entertaining, if sometimes slight, revisit directed by Broadway veteran Jerry Zaks.
"Love," which unlike "Cadillac" was made with the blessing of key Chess family members, is a well-acted, fast-paced look at how scrappy, blues-loving Leonard (Alessandro Nivola) and circumspect brother Phil (Jon Abrahams) launched the Chicago-based record label with such groundbreaking artists as Willie Dixon (an enjoyably droll Chi McBride), Muddy Waters (David Oyelowo) and Etta James (re-imagined as "Ivy Mills" and played by sultry Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke). [...]
di Gary Goldstein, articolo completo (1393 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 16 aprile 2010
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