Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
The Blues Brothers has generally received very positive reviews.
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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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