Idlewild: bloggers slam NYT over review detail

Idlewild -- aka "the Outkast movie" -- opened this weekend, and I saw it here in LA at the super-awesome Cinerama Dome. If you come expecting a long-form music video with cameos by great actors and amazing dance numbers, you'll dig it. It was gorgeous, visually rich, with a score to die for. Full of heart. But if you expect a script that holds together, with lead characters you grow into really caring about, you may be disappointed. It suffers from too much of too much, or as my movie companion said: it tries to cram 10 pounds worth of stuff in a 5-pound bag. Still, I'd go see it again just to catch everything I missed while my head was reeling from the first round.

Jossip's Corynne Steindler says there's a bit of brouhaha over the NYT review:

The New York Times reviewed new movie Idlewild, and described [female lead] actress Paula Patton as "a beautiful singer" and "a lovely woman with a serviceable voice." Funny, since everyone who actually interviewed Ms. Patton on the red carpet was told that the voiceover was dubbed. Patton repeatedly told reporters ""I just wasn’t gifted with that talent for singing." Nice job, NYT!

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