Drumline
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Drumline

2002Movie1 h 58 minPG-13

DramaRomance
68
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IMDb6.0Letterboxd3.2/5Metacritic635.9Rotten Tomatoes81%70%
68
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.0Letterboxd3.2/5Metacritic635.9Rotten Tomatoes81%70%

Summary

A talented street drummer from Harlem enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.

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  • Family movie night
  • Friends night
  • Party vibe

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  • Gives you goosebumps.
  • Warms you up.
  • Feels like real life.
  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Lifts you up.

Not for scares or brutality.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Lame Comebackin 128 titlesA unique musical variation. During a game, the Morris Brown band plays The Sugarhill Gang's cover of "Apache" (Tonto, jump on it) and, at the behest of Dr.Artistic License – Musicin 194 titlesThe printed music that comes out of a snare drum solo in the middle of the movie has sharps and flats, despite the fact that a snare drum has only one note (roughly, "bang").All 50 tropes

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