A professional karaoke hustler reconnects with his daughter and a bored suburban businessman turns outlaw karaoke singer, among other plotlines.
Director: Bruce Paltrow
Stars: Huey Lewis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Giamatti, Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman, Maria Bello.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134630/
disc arrived recently
28 songs in the Soundtracks. AB was dubbed, but others are credited with their own singing. One of the Omaha contestants was Michael Bublé.
3 pair make their way to Omaha for a large purse Karaoke contest, each with plenty of baggage.
Father HL just met adult daughter GP. They sang separately before, and sing together in Omaha.
GP walked out on his middle-class quiet desperation life, and picked AB up hitchhiking. But we saw AB hold up his prior ride with a handgun. They sang together before Omaha, but AB performs alone there.
Cabbie SS gets propositioned by girl MB, who wants to go to California. She sings alone.
The climax occurs in Omaha, then 2 pair are shown going on to the next contest in Sparks NV. The End.
Interesting, but not great.
Rated 6.0 (8,735)
distr. Buena Vista, dir. Paltrow; 6
