Cast: Danny Glover, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Charles S. Dutton, Vondie Curtis Hall, Keb Mo, Mary Steenburgen and Gary Clark Jr.
Director: John Sayles
Studio Synopsis: ItÕs 1950 and itÕs a make or break weekend for Tyrone Purvis (Danny Glover), the proprietor of the Honeydripper Lounge. Deep in debt, Tyrone is desperate to bring back the crowds that used to come to his place. He decides to lay off his long-time blues singer Bertha Mae (Mable John), and announces that heÕs hired a famous guitar player, Guitar Sam, for a one night only gig in order to save the club. Into town drifts Sonny Blake (Gary Clark, Jr.), a young man with nothing to his name but big dreams and the guitar case in his hand. Rejected by Tyrone when he applies to play at the Honeydripper, he is intercepted by the corrupt local Sheriff (Stacy Keach), arrested for vagrancy and rented out as an unpaid cotton picker to the highest bidder. But when TyroneÕs ace-in-the-hole fails to materialize at the train station, his desperation leads him back to Sonny and the strange, wire-dangling object in his guitar case. The Honeydripper lounge is all set to play its part in rock nÕ roll history.
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 122 minutes
Official Web site: http://honeydripper-movie.com/
Trailer: http://honeydripper-movie.com//trailer/
The Verdict:
See The Palm Beach Daily News (3 out of 4 stars)
Reviews:
The Miami Herald (2 out of 4 stars)
The Palm Beach Daily News (3 out of 4 stars)
The Palm Beach Post (B) |
