

The Fabulous Baker Boys
For 31 years it's been just the Fabulous Baker Boys... but times change.
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
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6.6/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $13M
- Box office
- $18.4M
- Language
- English
- success
- liquor
- aspiring singer
- singer
- playing piano
- nightclub singer
- nightclub entertainer
- nightclub act
- nightclub performer
- instrumental jazz
- self reflection
- brother brother relationship
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR13 Oct 1989
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical159 Mar 1990
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM5 Dec 1989
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+18 Feb 1993
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1530 Mar 1990
FranceFR
- TheatricalU7 Mar 1990
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1226 Apr 1990
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1630 Mar 1990
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1518 May 1990
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1512 Dec 1992
SpainES
- Theatrical30 Mar 1990
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The Fabulous Baker Boys was released on 13 October 1989.
Audience reviews
2- C6/10
CinemaSerf
1/29/2025
Brothers "Jack" (Jeff Bridges) and "Frank" (Beau Bridges) eek out a living playing to audiences of largely disinterested punters in generic jazz cafés and clubs, telling the same jokes and positively exuding mediocrity. The latter man is the grown up of the pair, married with kids and he has what passes for the business head between them. The former is more of a loose cannon attached only to his brother and his dog. …
- K8/10
kevin2019
4/25/2025
"The Fabulous Baker Boys" is a directionless meander through the flawed lives of the central characters Jack and Frank and it is occasioned by their decision to freshen up their cheesy and jaded cocktail lounge act by introducing a sultry female singer. The film effortlessly captures the quiet desperation of the eternally small time careers of the Baker boys as they monotonously tour around a ceaseless succession of …
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