Just released from prison, Jake Blues puts his old band back together with his brother Elwood to save the Catholic home where they were raised.
The Blues Brothers has generally received very positive reviews.
Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 26 Oct 1987
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Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)
By Dan Lybarger (786) for Nitrate Online (381) on 01 Jul 2003
Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)
Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)
By Brad Laidman (53) for Film Threat (5,156) on 06 Dec 2005
Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)
Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)
Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)
By Michael T (3,420) on 03 Jan 2011
Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)
Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)
By Dan M (2,128) on 11 May 2017
Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)
Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)
Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)
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The Blues Brothers was released in 1980 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 753 reviews, giving The Blues Brothers (1980) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 88%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 76%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Blues Brothers than critics were.
With a score of 78%, The Blues Brothers is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1980, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1980 with similar scores include films like Ordinary People, The Long Good Friday and Breaker Morant.
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