Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.4 / 5.0

"Kevin Kline and cast capture those early days of Porter":

A darkened theater and sitting in row twelve dead center experiencing the new musical film "De-Lovely", featuring Kevin Kline (Cole Porter), Ashley Judd (Linda Lee Porter), Jonathan Price (Gabe), Kevin McNally (Gerald Murphy), and Alan Corduner (Monty Wooley) ~ from director Irwin Winkler and a host of popular artists of today making an attempt to capture those early days and sharing their interpretation of Porter's magic.

Spreading the magic is Natalie Cole, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Lara Fabian,... more info

I'll see the movie anyway.:

I haven't seen the movie yet because musical movies come late to this overrated tinhorn resort town where I live, in the redneck state of Arizona. But I did buy the soundtrack. I am speaking as an old lady who has loved musicals all my life. I remember when Cole Porter's songs were on the Hit Parade (the Top 10 of the '50s). I memorized his lyrics when I was a teenager.
With the exception of Natalie Cole, my experience with most of these singers is name recognition only (Morissette, Crow, Costello, maybe... more info

Movie: 5, Soundtrack: 2:

Great movie... BUT... hearing ONLY the soundtrack it is a 2... why? Because the music is some of the most melodic and beautiful ever written and several performances are neither authentic of the time, or not sung in a way the beauty of the song can be heard. This music is NOT about the performer... it was about the song! Most of the original recordings which featured a singer did not even have the singers name on the record! That is because the song was beautiful and did NOT need a song "stylist" to make it... more info

Tracks:

1. It's De-Lovely - Robbie Williams
2. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) - Alanis Morissette
3. Begin The Beguine - Sheryl Crow
4. Let's Misbehave - Elvis Costello
5. Be A Clown - Kevin Kline, Peter Polycarpou and Chorus
6. Night And Day - John Barrowman and Kevin Kline
7. True Love - Ashley Judd and Tayler Hamilton
8. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Lemar
9. I Love You - Mick Hucknall
10. Just One Of Those Things - Diana Krall
11. Anything Goes - Caroline O'Connor and Chorus
12. Experiment - Kevin Kline
13. Love For Sale - Vivian Green
14. So In Love - Lara Fabian and Mario Frangoulis
15. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Natalie Cole
16. Blow, Gabriel, Blow - Jonathan Pryce, Kevin Kline, Cast and Chorus

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