Rotten
The sequel offers more of the same, only less.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Blues Brothers 2000
The Blues Are Back
1998 · 2h 3m · PG-13
Action, Comedy, Crime, Music
Directed by
John Landis
Overview
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.
Director and cast
- John Landis Director
- Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues
- John Goodman as Mighty Mack McTeer
- Joe Morton as Cab Chamberlain
- J. Evan Bonifant as Buster Blues
- Frank Oz as Warden
- B.B. King as Malvern Gasperon
- Junior Wells as Junior Wells
- Willie Hall as Willie Hall
- Matt Murphy as Matt 'Guitar' Murphy
- Lou Marini as 'Blue Lou' Marini
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
46%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Once upon a time, it was funny.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Once the new sequel gets past its cumbersome plotting and gets down to its music, it overrides the temptation to suggest buying the soundtrack recording and forgetting the rest.
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
Rotten
'I always thought there was another story to be told,' Landis says in the film's notes. Fine; then tell one.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
It's a pity the film doesn't respect the art of acting as much as that of music.
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
Action · Comedy · Crime · Music · R
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Director
- John Landis
- Cast
- Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, James Brown
IMDb
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes
71%
Metacritic
60
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