It was muscled out of the marketplace by Cadillac Records, Sony's glossy, star-studded movie about Leonard. But it's clearly the better movie, earthier, wittier, and more intimate in its treatment of America's racial divide in the 1950s.

| Apr 30, 2010

Crackles with the sense of discovering genius that's ready to be heard and distributed.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 29, 2010

I think more edge is needed, more reality about the racial situation at the time, more insight into how and why R&B and rock 'n' roll actually did forever transform societies in America and the world.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 29, 2010

In the end, the most striking thing about Leonard is that he never seems to stop smoking.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 23, 2010

It's the terrific music and amusing array of characters that keep the picture afloat.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 15, 2010

Isn't the blues supposed to be cathartic and rock 'n' roll liberating? Recording maestro Chess is too tense and grim, and there are few joyous musical moments.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 11, 2010

An engaging portrait of the man behind the artists.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 9, 2010

Has neither the star power nor the epic sense of itself that infused Cadillac Records, the 2008 film on the same subject.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 9, 2010

Less than two years after the so-so "Cadillac Records," here comes "Who Do You Love," which is so-so in different ways.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 9, 2010

Zaks finds the life in every scene, even the more clichd ones...it feels like a celebration of a seminal musical moment, for all its flaws.

| Apr 9, 2010

Recreated performances backing the more than nostalgic music of the era are worth the ticket, but the rest is more borscht than history.

| Apr 9, 2010

A competent but unexciting lesson in the history of the blues.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 9, 2010

| Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 9, 2010

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 9, 2010

In short: we see the Chess Records story simplified and telegraphed. But at least the cast doesn't act as though they're mired in the biopic muck.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 8, 2010

Another behind-the-scenes look at the formation and success of Chess Records in Chicago during the 1950s and 1960s.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 8, 2010

In Who Do You Love? everything that Chess Records has come to symbolize about pop culture, race relations or the blues transitioning into rock 'n' roll gets flattened. It perceives American history in reverse.

| Apr 7, 2010

Well-made, terrifically acted biopic about the Chicago Chess Brothers and their legendary Chess label and artists who propelled blues into a new genre called rock 'n' roll. A cornucopia of great music, though some cinematic notes are off-key.

| Apr 7, 2010

Too bad this flick lost the race to the theaters with Cadillac Records, otherwise director Jerry Zaks might've had a hit on his hands instead of a Johnny Come Lately destined to be forever thought of as a cheap imitation.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 7, 2010

Granted, this life-and-times adaptation doesn't rely on celebrity stunt-casting, but it also lacks any of the heat, heart or soul associated with the music Chess released.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 7, 2010