De-Lovely

The movie is remarkably touching and engrossing, with Kline's spot-on acting and realistically second-rate singing balancing Judd's one-note performance as his wife.

This intelligent, postmodern biography from director Irwin Winkler and screenwriter Jay Cocks uses Porter's songs, by turns haunting and hilarious, to decode and reconstruct a life hinted at in the familiar words and music.

Affectionate but uninsightful biopic.

There are not enough thrilling musical interludes, and few come close to capturing the sly joy in Porter's music.

A mishmash of a musical. The movie never gels -- despite Kline's nuanced performance, the stars' exquisite period clothes, designed by Armani, and, of course, Porter's great songs.

Despite a subject of immense potential -- the movie's surprisingly uninvolving.

A limited movie that can't animate its subject amid all the tricks and glitz. De-Lovely is devoid of life.