Review of The Blues Brothers (1980) by Dave Kehr for Chicago Reader — 10 Jun 2001
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star as two white boys who love nuns, blacks, and the blues. But for all of the dramatic focus on poverty, the subject of John Landis's mise-en-scene is money—making it, spending it, blowing it away.
The humor is predicated on underplaying in overscaled situations, which is sporadically funny in a Keaton-esque way but soon sputters out through sheer, uninspired repetition.
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This review of The Blues Brothers (1980) was written by Dave Kehr and published by Chicago Reader on 10 Jun 2001.
The Blues Brothers has generally received very positive reviews.
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