A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-era South, out of the hands of gangsters who want to take it over.
Idlewild has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Idlewild (2006)
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Review of Idlewild (2006)
Review of Idlewild (2006)
Review of Idlewild (2006)
Review of Idlewild (2006)
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Idlewild was released in 2006 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 563 reviews, giving Idlewild (2006) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 63%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Idlewild than critics were.
With a score of 63%, Idlewild is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2006, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2006 with similar scores include films like Saw III, Alpha Dog and Copying Beethoven.
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