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Frank and Jack Baker are professional musicians who play small clubs. They play smaltzy music and have never needed a day job. Times are changing and dates are becoming more difficult to get so they i...( read more 
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MCT:September 12, 2008Boo, hiss, 1989! BOOO! I hate you and your crappy music! No one likes you!
Okay, the worst part is that lots of people like this really cruddy music. Honestly, this stuff is terrible. It blows my mind that anyone would find this jazzy or hip. This is muzak, pure and simple. Sure, it is on a piano. Heck, sometimes it was on dueling pianos. But that wasn't music. It was just garbage. The worst part is that Jeff Bridges is whining the entire time throughout the movie how he wants to be a real musician instead of playing the garbage they have to play at the clubs every night, but I could hardly hear the difference from his crappy club music and this passionate piano rock. Golly, at least play something classic rocky. I mean, I've heard it before, but it was better than that malarky you were feeding me earlier.
Honestly, there was nothing really going for this movie outside the fact that it had two actors from 24 in it well before 24 was even a remote idea. That's the big beef. I think that this movie really suffers primarily from predictability. Unfortunately, that is probably what makes people really flock to this movie. This is meatloaf. It is worse than meatloaf. Meatloaf at least tries throwing a curveball from time to time. This is absolutely formula down to the moment. Now, I'm not saying formula is a bad thing, but this movie leaves nothing to the imagination. I could have planned out the beats moment for moment and that left me bored as a twig. It didn't help that Michelle Pfieffer was the leading lady.
There's something about the 80's that allowed actors and actresses to play stereotypes. It was actually encouraged that people not play at all close to reality, but rather these two dimensional stick figures in the guise of having some degree of acting ability. For a while, this is the kind of stuff that passed for drama and that makes me wonder what the hell people were swallowing at the time. I mean, look at it: Musician who wants to be an artist but is an asshole, overly cheery yet kind of greedy brother who is balding, hooker with a heart of gold, plucky young girl who wants to learn piano lessons and breaks down the walls to the hardened piano players heart because her mom is kind of a prostitute. DOES ANY OF THIS SOUND LIKE IT IS ORIGINAL?
The answer is no.
I had to clarify that just in case people didn't get that it was rhetorical so I broke the rules and gave it an answer. I'm sorry, but these kind of movies make me cry when I think of all the stuff that could have been done in place of this movie. You know that there is a movie just sitting on a shelf somewhere that is absolute gold and will never be made because The Fabulous Baker Boys needed an ounce of attention. That ounce of attention was already too much. If you couldn't guess by my already scathing look at this movie, I really detested this movie. Now, I like romances, but for some reason, all of the great ones were taken a long time ago and all of the ideas just turned dumber and dumber throughout the ages. The eighties absorbed all that garbage and produced stuff like The Fabulous Baker Boys. Don't worry guys. You'll have to see it someday if you have a girlfriend. I'm just the chump who had to watch it on his own. -
MCT:August 22, 2008
Michelle Pfieffer was the only interesting thing about this movie. I liked it but if she wasn't in it I would have never been able to sit through it. It was too boring. Her character was the only spark of excitement. Kudos to her for rocking
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MCT:January 25, 2008Michelle Pfeiffer was soooo sexy in this movie. Very interesting story. Except I don't remember the ending of the film, I only remeber Pfeiffer's audition and her singing on the piano....
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MCT:December 5, 2007
Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer and Beau Bridges all give really good performances in this well made drama. Steve Kloves' direction is nicely done and script are both solid and the music and performance scenes are terrific. The scene where Pfeiffer sings her rendition of "Makin' Whoopee!" definitely lives up its reputation as one the sexiest scenes ever put on film, very steamy stuff. Not a great film by any means but still worth checking out.
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MCT:November 14, 2007
a very sexy wonderfully acted films about two brothers named the fabulous baker boys who use to play jazz music when they were in their twenties and use to be popular fall on hard times in their late thirties. They try to find a way to spice up their group by auditioning a woman to be the singer of the band and in walks michelle pfeiffr who isnt just a wonderful singer but also a beautiful women who has taken both of their hearts. What follows is beautiful music, wonderful perpoformances from real life brother jeff and beau bridges and a good story. Michelle pfeiffer sizzles with sexiness.
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MCT:September 20, 2007
not as bad as it appears. jeff bridges is suitably entertaining. lots of music-y things to ...okay. it was pretty boring. way too long and with a totally unsatisfying ending. did they run out of ideas or what?
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MCT:August 25, 2007I thoroughly enjoyed this film that depicts the real complexities of bitterly fragile relationships and ego's and the guarded compromises individuals make in dealing with them. Michelle Pfeiffer gives one of her best performances as a lounge singer and the catalyst for the Baker Boys' fate. Great songs and sexy situations make for an enjoyable time.
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MCT:August 21, 2007To be honest, it's a letdown. It feels like a movie too long.. the only thing that is interesting is Michelle and her voice.
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MCT:July 28, 2007
I really like this movie. I have always been a Jeff Bridges fan. And who knew Michelle Pfeiffer could carry a tune?
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MCT:June 19, 2007Beau wishes he was on the same planet as his brother. Sorry, but this was just too cute and too planned out or my tastes.
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MCT:May 19, 2007
It's a good film and it does say some true things about the life of a musician. It could have been a much better film though.
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MCT:March 23, 2007
Michelle Pfeiffer simply sizzles in this film. Her singing "Making Whoopee", is one of the sexiest things you'll ever see on film.
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MCT:February 7, 2007This movie is about being afraid to believe in yourself and in other people. I love this movie and watch it everytime it's on TV.
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MCT:January 23, 2007It is one of best films of the late-1980's, capturing the era of obliteration of the acts of living room of hotel. When the directors of hotel start to countermand the executions, the brothers find their delivery in the diamond of Susie, ex-call the girl who has a terrible call of voice and sex to be matched with him. The dark character of film shown by the smoky bars, the empty streets, the talent nondiscovered -- is a description sensitive of those which amuse us, but always with a cost to themselves and.
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MCT:January 21, 2007
Michelle Pfeiffer has the sexiest role since Marylin's "seven year itch" i love her. she is such a wonderfull actress.
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MCT:January 10, 2007
This film is the best of everything. I love (and have always loved) both of the Bridges brothers..but this was a best of for both. It's a beautiful thing this movie, with a wonderful script and story, great music and shining performances by Beau, Jeff and Michelle Pfeiffer. You will like all 3 of these characters and heart-ache along with each of them, and root for them as well because they are so real. I highly recommend.
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MCT:November 30, 2006
A wonderful drama that has excellent performances from its three leads. In particular Jeff Bridges who is at his laconic best.
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MCT:September 21, 2006
I have no problem with Michelle Pfeiffer on a piano top, but IMO this may be Jeff Bridges' best work. Powerful.
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