Rotten
The results ... are staid, with re-creations of Paris in the Jazz Age and Hollywood in its Golden Age that are like waxworks in motion.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
De-Lovely
A love that would never die and music that would live forever.
2004 · 2h 5m · PG-13
Drama, Music
Directed by
Irwin Winkler
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De-Lovely
Overview
From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda Lee Thomas were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest songs of the twentieth century.
Director and cast
- Irwin Winkler Director
- Kevin Kline as Cole Porter
- Ashley Judd as Linda Porter
- Jonathan Pryce as Gabriel
- Kevin McNally as Gerald Murphy
- Sandra Nelson as Sarah Murphy
- Allan Corduner as Monty Woolley
- Peter Polycarpou as Louis B. Mayer
- Keith Allen as Irving Berlin
- James Wilby as Edward Thomas
- Peter Jessop as Diaghilev
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
49%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A wildly uneven musical biography of Cole Porter.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fresh
Porter's songs keep much the film afloat when, otherwise, it would have sunk. No matter how turgid or murky the movie becomes, when the music starts, you're flying.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
Not inept enough to make the composer spin in his grave ... but not insightful or clever enough to please the old boy, either.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Fresh
Entertaining. With more than 30 Cole Porter songs and an accomplished cast, how can it not be?
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
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