The community who loves OUTCAST, John Singleton going to need you to come back. do another sequel LOVED LOVED LOVED this movie, dancing, action, excitement, wardrobe, story line all great. LETS BRING THIS BACK with Black Panther, and another COMING TO AMERICA!!!

Idlewild is a magnificent blend of art, music, and film making all in one. Absolutely stunning in its storytelling and visual presentation. By far one of the most underrated masterpieces of American cinema ever.The actors are all in their prime especially 3000, and BigBoi, who both turn in stellar performances carrying the entire film on their shoulders with easy and style. Paula Patton who's stunning looks and golden skin seem to be the basis for the color palette of this film. And Terrance Howard shines through as he always does. Even as the films villain he is a joy to watch taking his craft to heights few actors ever do.The sets are seamless, filled with details and clues to the plot and yet never distracting. And the lighting and cinematography come together in a constant display of beauty.We can only surmise that the ever present racial dysfunction of American society is to blame for the film not receiving the exposure it should have in promotions, and the theatrical release being around half of what a similar film would receive if the actors were all white.The film also received absolutely NO nominations or awards of any kind outside of specifically Black Entertainment awards ceremonies. Which is disgraceful and furthers my point. The American people see race before talent. And its a sad statement about how far we have not come as a nation that something as significant as Idlewild would receive the lack of attention that it has to this day.Hopefully in time it will receive the reverence it deserves.

I found this film actually by at a local library. I simply thought that it would be some kind of gangster' Rapper type drama, with a little music. But as Terence Howard is one of my favorite actors, I thought I'd give it a try. WOW! What a complete musical, with humor and even at the end a little sadness. See it for yourself and and make the decision. A Rodgers and Hammerstein musical? No, but JUST as good and well made for the current times. This was a fun piece. The cinematography was well done, the costumes were superb and all the acting was superb. I actually thought that the lead female was Alicia Keys. Patty Labelle looked wonderful and as I said Mr. Howard was quite a joy. JPC

This film is simply outrageously bad. It's major failing point; it knows not what it is. Is it a syrupy gangster movie or a modern day musical experiment in the vein of Moulin Rouge? Songs are thrown in rather haphazardly, and only once does a song advance the plot at all. In the meantime, the story drags and is essentially tired and uninteresting. The acting is not over the top, but it's not subtle either, but just bad. Like watching a high school production but without any of the fun of knowing the people on the stage.On the musical side of things, despite the musical group Outkast in charge of the music, the duo never did perform a song together. Perhaps this is the major failing of the story. It lacked intricacy. The love story was simple, the bootlegging problems were simple, the dynamics between characters was like watching a bunch of strangers thrown together for the first time. Everything going on was pretty obvious to the viewer, but then the movie had to explain it extremely slowly.I really can't think of a single thing I enjoyed about this movie. I wish the duo would try again sometime. I think someone had a good idea, but most ideas need to be developed.