Critics score:
75 / 100
Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: It was the most assured film Coppola had made in a decade, full of casual wit and visual invention. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Whatever it took to do it, Coppola has extracted a very special film out of the checkered history of this project. Read more
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: Given its garish production history, one rather expected The Cotton Club to sing with hot-jazz desperation. Instead, we get the mediocre craftsmanship of a pit band in Vegas. Read more