Duets
The film concentrates on Liv who is eager to become a professional singer but she gets many difficulties. One day, she meets her father Ricky Dean who is a karaoke hustler for the fist time at the her mother's funeral which leads to surprise circumstance.
22 July 1965, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
4 November 1965, Iowa, USA
23 March 1964, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
11 March 1961, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
18 May 1964, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
28 December 1968, Wichita, Kansas, USA
11 May 1972, Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
16 August 1954, Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
July 19, 2014
A muddled and meandering long-distance road movie that strives to be engagingly offbeat, but more often comes across as annoyingly off-key.
May 18, 2009
"Duets" is a frustratingly mediocre road movie that connects three unlikely pairs of people in the much maligned phenomenon of Karaoke singing as a metaphor for "finding the meaning of life" by sharing their interpretations of pop songs.
January 01, 2000
Duets will be most appreciated by music buffs. The actual karaoke scenes attain the bounce that's missing from the rest of the film.
October 18, 2007
I couldn't have karaoked less about it.
January 01, 2000
The press notes say the director spent five years developing Duets. He should have developed it more.
January 01, 2000
The talented cast doesn't stand much of a chance in this rambling, pointless narrative, reeling off such howlers as: 'I've waited all my life to spend time with you.'
January 01, 2000
To their credit, [Byrum and Paltrow] attempted to make a movie of ideas. Alas, many of the ideas are bad. Not to mention bigoted.
January 01, 2000
A conceptual train wreck.
January 02, 2011
A not very good adult movie about adult issues.
October 11, 2002
Duets does the impossible - it makes karaoke seem interesting.
January 01, 2000
In addition to its other shortcomings, Duets is awfully slow in getting going.
January 05, 2009
And the director's Oscar-winning daughter? Never did I ever think she could ever be so annoying.
