Cadillac Records

I haven't been to too many movies lately, at least not ones worth writing home about, however we went to see Cadillac Records on Monday. It's rated fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and I agree.
It's the slightly dramatized story of the beginning of Chess Records, so it's got sex, violence, race issues, questionable (at best) business practices (can you say payola?) and, of course, fantastic blues and rock and roll.
I'd almost like to see a differently edited version of this 1 3/4 hour film, it felt like there were gaps in the plot, things which could have been explored more deeply if there were a market for 3 or 4 hour movies.
Very well done and amazing casting. I was a bit worried when I heard who was cast as the various early Chess artists, but a good job all the way around - extra kudos to Adrian Brody as Leonard Chess and Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters.
I wanted to go home and dig through Curt's albums for any and everything with a Chess label and listen to them all night long.