Synopsis
Rodney is a former boxing champ who, after a deathbed visit to his trainer and mentor, is propelled into reclaiming victory for his now simple life as a nightclub bouncer. He partners with a no-nonsense, lesbian photographer and an aspiring starlet to make a compromising tape with Isaac—a married, devout, Orthodox Jewish real estate mogul—that sets off a chain of events that brings down an empire.
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Cast
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Rodney Jones
- Famke JanssenNic
- Richard DreyfussYuri
- Gregg BelloIsaac
- Katharine McPheeShelly
- Lia Marie JohnsonKat
- Tanyell WaiversAllison
- Renell GibbsTyrone
Recommendations
- 50
Movie Nation
Gooding makes his directing debut with Bayou Caviar, a slow moving thriller as complex as Great Granny’s Jambalaya recipe. And in spite of that pacing, some stereotypical casting and a need to contort and drag out the finale, it makes for messy movie-watching fun. - 50
The New York Times
Like a boxer who doesn’t know when to quit, Bayou Caviar goes on a bit long, then rallies — in this case with an agreeably cynical closing image. - 40
Los Angeles Times
This picture tries to encompass many ideas: about loyalty, the lust for fame and the slippery slope of immoral behavior. All of that is in the film. It just hasn’t been put in any particular order. - 20
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Gritty to the point of sleazy, the noir-tinged Bayou Caviar shows flashes of visual flair, and Gooding -- who wrote the screenplay in addition to directing and starring -- demonstrates he’s still got the sort of screen presence and million-dollar smile that made him a star some 27 years ago. Beyond that, however, Bayou Caviar is a thoroughly nasty and messily plotted affair, a straight-to-VOD crime drama that slips and slides around in its own ooze for at least 20 minutes too long.
