| I love the surreality of the animation and the visual effects. Good Lord yes. |, August 25, 2006 |, September 29, 2006 | Rating: 3/5 Shakespeare has been quoted many, many times over the past 400 or so years, but never to such empty purpose as in the inchoate, self-indulgent musical drama Idlewild. in other words, people. | Rotten (70). AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that empowers people to choose how they live as they age. 27 August 2006, 26 August 2020 | | Please click the link below to receive your verification email. ie; Jim Crow sucked. You are leaving AARP.org and going to the website of our trusted provider. Chances are, you'll fall in love with Idlewild in spite of how many times you've seen this plot before. drama, We Got This Covered It's that simple. View production, box office, & company info, Everything Coming To Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu And Prime In September, HBO Max Announces Over 150 New Movies/TV Shows For September, HBO Max in September: Here’s Everything New Coming. musical, HBO Films, | Rating: 1/5 Coming Soon. All rights reserved. It would seem that any film with an all African-American cast set in the American south is required to beat us over the head with an idea we are all (I would hope) aware of. But he believes the film is likely to draw attention to the town's relatively overlooked history. A few seconds later, Rooster dances around the stage and no one is at the piano. Several nightclubs hosted the best African American entertainers of the day, including Jackie Wilson, T-Bone Walker, and Motown stars like the Four Tops. Idlewild, once called the “Black Eden of Michigan”, is known for it's beautiful beaches, glistening lakes, and native wildlife. Idlewild has some truly breathtaking moments, but borrows too heavily from other similar movies, and the disjointed script is not worthy of talents involved. Idlewild is, or was, no ordinary Michigan summer colony. And party they did. Mosaic Media Group, Box Office Wrapup: Invincible Scores Another Win at #1, Box Office Preview: "Crank" Closes Up Summer Movie Season, October 14, 2006 Ben Vereen agreed to be in the film because his daughter, Ka-Ron Om Vereen, was a fan of Outkast. The Hotel Casa Blanca in Idlewild, Michigan, was one of thousands of businesses promoted in the Green Book. Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service. Who ever thought I'd refer to an OutKast project as boring? Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. Crime, Drama, Musical. | Top Critics (41) The plot is in many ways pedestrian. For a band whose music is suffused with such delicate irony, you'd expect at the very least for there to be a few laughs along the way?