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Customer Review
- Reviewed in Canada on December 22, 2021Is this a comedy about faith? Yes -- faith of many different flavours, and you'd better be ready to guffaw and savour the flavour of them all. Is this classic about devotion and commitment? Yes, no question -- "Stand by your man!", and don't you ever forget it! OK, do we have good guys and bad guys in here? Yup -- and even some attempts at law and order, too. Let's not forget the absolute best police pursuit / car chase ever filmed (thank you, Chicago) -- a true high point of Blues Brothers' slapstick. Is this an absurdist modern parody of the classic Western? Well, sure -- blended in with a fine examination of good and evil, crime and punishment, outrageous fortune, the pure comedy of the absurd, the revolving door of redemption and salvation; so, a classic Western parody it just might be, at least in part ... All right, what about the music? Is this really a musical? Oh, yes, it's a GREAT musical -- incomparable -- of that there can be no doubt! So, finally, this is a film essay about karma, beauty, divine inspiration, knowing and not knowing, comeuppance, brotherly love, doing the right thing, broken hearts, unconditional human kindness, the path of life -- "finestkind," as they say in the cranberry bogs of New England. In fact, this may very well be one of the best and funniest movies ever made -- well, it's at least in the top five! No one should miss it or ever be without their own copy. And everyone should enjoy it -- how could it be otherwise? The Blues Brothers are unforgettable in the best of every possible way. It reminds us that, all around us, life is crazy and life is good, very good indeed; and, we are very, very lucky to have this reminder.
