The Dukes

2007

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Music

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 23 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 502 502

Plot summary

The Dukes,a Doo Wop group, were on top of the world at 17, now are struggling for survival in 2008. Their manager is desperately trying to get them work but is met with failure at every turn. Finally pushed to the extreme , they pull a heist only a fool would attempt, which leaves them even more desperate. When all seems lost, they find themselves.

Director

Robert Davi Photo
Robert Davi

Top cast

John Prosky Photo
John Prosky as Brad
Robert Davi Photo
Robert Davi as Danny
Peter Bogdanovich Photo
Peter Bogdanovich as Lou
Melora Hardin Photo
Melora Hardin as Diane
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898.09 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
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1.8 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mtomaselli 7 / 10

Good film

I saw the The Dukes movie last night at the Wildwood Film Festival and liked it very much. I am surprised to see it listed as a drama because I didn't see it in that light. I thought it was a good light-hearted comedy that I would recommend as a good family movie. It has a nice story about being down on your luck while trying to hold on to your dreams. I've not seen a movie with Chaz Palmenteri in a comedic performance and found him to be very funny. The movie has some really funny scenes between Robert Davi and Chazz Palminteri playing well off of each other. The music was really good too. I thought there was a nice selection of Doo Wop songs and I especially liked the music by the group, The Emeralds. It was nice to see a local acapella group featured in a really good movie. If the movie comes your way, go see it - you won't be disappointed.
Reviewed by michaelrulle 10 / 10

Creative Absurdist Comedy

The Dukes is a story about former Italian American Doo Wop stars (Davi and Palminteri) who have devolved into a dead end existence working in a family Italian restaurant as short order cooks, under the close supervision of their strong willed aunt. Their wish to revive their career seems self evidently hopeless as their droll and equally devolved manager (Bogdanovich) gets them one ridiculously funny--and absurdly degrading--opportunity after another--only to have the group fail in getting any work.Due to both desperation and a series of very amusing coincidences, Davi and Palmintieri conceive of a ludicrous plan to heist a large shipment of gold. Here, the plot twists begin to take over and command the audience. A combination of Murphy's law, misguided trust,and an hilarious botched implementation bring the group back down to earth. And back to an even more seemingly hopeless devolved state than where they began.Through a series of tragicomic realizations the group learns what they already knew--hard work, self pride, and real focus is their only hope. But the writer/director Davi could not let them off that easy. They need to be comically punished again, and again....until he finally lets them of the hook in a terrifically funny and satisfying ending.
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