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SHUT UP & SING A stirring tribute to what it really means to be an American, Shut Up & Sing tells the story of three women whose struggles with hypocrisy, misogyny and idiocy allowed them to emerge as inspirational icons. The three women in question are, of course, the members of the Dixie Chicks, the wildly successful country music act whose popularity took a tumble back in 2003 when, during a London show, lead singer Natalie Maines stated that she was ashamed President Bush was from her home state of Texas. This innocuous statement was delivered on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq (back during that surreal period when most Americans thought that slaughtering thousands of Iraqi men, women and children was a terrific idea), and the film charts the group's journey from country outcasts to mainstream darlings. That Bush has been proven so deadly wrong about the Iraq situation, and that the American people are finally waking up to the evils of this administration -- this all seems beside the point as far as Shut Up & Sing is concerned. Even without the support of the changing winds, it's clear that Maines believes in freedom of speech, believes in her convictions, and believes in this great nation of ours. And those, my friends, are the signs of a true American patriot. ***1/2
OPENS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20:
ROCKY BALBOA: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young.
OPENS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22:
THE GOOD SHEPHERD: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie.
THE HISTORY BOYS: Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour.
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams.
WE ARE MARSHALL: Matthew McConaughney, David Strathairn.
OPENS MONDAY, DECEMBER 25:
BLACK CHRISTMAS: Michelle Trachtenberg, Lacey Chabert.
DREAMGIRLS: Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles.
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