The Fabulous Baker Boys is a movie about two guys and a girl, that play against one incredible jazz-based soundtrack! Toss in some sibling rivalry and you have a motion picture that feels good no matter how many times you see it.
Michelle Pfeiffer does all of her own singing … and is quite a nice surprise, considering we previously only knew her as a most enjoyable actress. Jeff and Beau Bridges play some of their own piano, although Dave Grusin does most of the keyboard work with the Bridges brothers very convincingly miming it.
Music flows from one end of the story to the other and the plot is a sound one, especially if you happen to have grown up with an obverse brother or sister … or just had a really close best friend. Here’s a small sample.
