Bijou Phillips, Elias Koteas, Gabriel Mann

When a naïve playboy investigates the shadowy death of his wealthy father, his charmed life as the eligible owner of the city’s hottest nightclub begins to spiral out of control. A noir fever dream of...( read more  read more... ) music, seduction and murder, DARK STREETS features stunningly choreographed dance numbers and an original soundtrack performed by legendary blues, jazz and R&B artists including Etta James, Natalie Cole, Dr. John, Aaron Neville, Solomon Burke, Chaka Khan, Richie Sambora and Marc Broussard.

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R, 1 hr. 23 min.

Directed by: Rachel Samuels

Release Date: December 12, 2008

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DVD Release Date: June 30, 2009

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  • November 19, 2009
    An oddity. A noir musical, with a good amount of the numbers on the stage of the club, and then a musical in the same vein as American Graffiti. The singing is solid to great all the way around. The narrator's voice is just this side of parody. The choregraphy is top notch. But i...( read more)t's all dressing. It looks and plays great, but thre's no heart. The mystery of who killed Gabriel Mann's father isn't engaging because the audience is always two steps ahead, but his relationships with his newest act (he owns the nightclub) and his former-flame, the real love of his life, is pretty grounded. Still, all the dialogue, the center-focus camera, the dimly lit scenes, seem like an experiment some friends put together. "Hey, ever wanted to make a noir film?"

    "A bit, but what I really love is all those nightclub singing bits."

    "Let's see what we can do."

    Solid, but empty.
  • November 9, 2009
    Great performances, great jazz history, great dirty politicians. I really enjoyed this one. To bad about that ending.
  • July 4, 2009
    I thought that this was fantastic. The singing the girls and the black guy with the mohawk was just great
  • June 28, 2009
    The film is so obsessed with style and atmosphere, it forgot to add a good story and characters with depth. It did try for believable period detail, but failed for the most part. Great music at least.
  • June 15, 2009
    Well casted, an interesting film, not really an amazing masterpiece but a decent way to entertain for an hour and a half.

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December 11, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

It's a lovingly souped-up incarnation of the film-noir look, contains well-staged and performed musical numbers, and has a lot of cigarettes, tough tootsies, bad guys and shadows. What it doesn't have... full review

December 7, 2008
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Dark Streets may only be a quasi-noir and quasi-musical, but that doesn't stop it from being a wholesale slog. full review

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