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- 1998
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 3 m
- 1998
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 3 m
Summary Elwood must reunite the old band, with a few new members, and go on another "Mission from God."
Directed By: John Landis
Written By: Dan Aykroyd, John Landis
- 1998
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 3 m
- 1998
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 3 m
Blues Brothers 2000
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Summary Elwood must reunite the old band, with a few new members, and go on another "Mission from God."
Directed By: John Landis
Written By: Dan Aykroyd, John Landis
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Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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35% Positive
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8 Reviews
43% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
22% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
48
35% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
43% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
22% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
As befits a comedy monolith based around a loose series of old Saturday Night Live skits, Blues Brothers 2000 is essentially a series of flamboyant comedy and musical set-pieces, some of which soar and some of which merely twitch, but all of which are infused with a ceaseless beat-your-head-in comic sturm und drang; if one gag doesn't do it for you, surely the next one will.
Despite the cries of "sacrilege" by some Blues Brothers and Saturday Night Live (where the Belushi/Aykroyd act started) die-hards, Blues Brothers 2000 represents a respectable follow-up to a uniquely American classic.
Though it suffers from the late John Belushi's absence, John Landis's deliberately corny "Blues Brothers 2000" is a decent sequel to his cult comedy of 1980. [06 Feb 1998, p.L24]
The film is lame comedy surrounded by high-energy blues (and some pop, rock and country music).
This isn't a sequel, it's a remake. Some ingredients have been substituted, but it's the same recipe of R & B and comic overkill. As before, the best thing is the music: Aretha Franklin, Sam Moore, James Brown. The rest is stale, cynical and hamfisted.
With their white-boy blues grimaces, Aykroyd and Goodman are almost unwatchable.[06 Feb 1998]
There are chase scenes and car pileups. This wasn't fresh in 1980. It hasn't gotten any fresher.
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