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The Blues Brothers
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #786
- IMDb #427
- Google retired #430
- Rotten Tomatoes #1410
- Metacritic #1414
- Letterboxd #579
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2627
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #307
- Metacritic Critics #2499
- Metacritic Audience #198
- Criticker #617
- Douban #522
- Kinopoisk #807
- AlloCiné #219
- Trakt #344
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 60, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 66, everyone else 81.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two brothers, on a "mission from God," set out to raise money to save the Catholic orphanage where they were raised. Their plan is to get their old rhythm and blues band back together and stage a big gig to earn the funds. Their quest takes them on a madcap journey across Chicago, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake as they are pursued by a vengeful mystery woman, a country band, and a squad of police officers, all while reuniting with their former bandmates.
Details
- Director
- John Landis
- Writers
- Dan Aykroyd, John Landis
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Released
- 16 June 1980
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $27.0M
- Box office
- $115.2M
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Awards
2 wins & 1 nomination total
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