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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 2 hours, 9 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 30, 2001
- Originally Released: 1990
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Denzel Washington & Spike Lee | |
Performer: | Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Harris, Joie Lee, Bill Nunn, Cynda Williams, John Turturro, Dick Anthony Williams, Nicholas Turturro, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlie Murphy, Abbey Lincoln & Rubén Blades | |
Directed by | Spike Lee | |
Edited by | Sam Pollard | |
Screenwriting by | Spike Lee | |
Composition by | Bill Lee | |
Produced by | Spike Lee | |
Director of Photography: | Ernest Dickerson |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/5 --
From characters to camera angles, this story of a self-absorbed jazz trumpeter is one long cliche, the kind that might make his most loyal admirers wince and wonder, 'Spike, what happened?'
New York Times
Denzel, Wesley and Co are fine, but Mo' Better Blues hits too many bum notes.
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Film4
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Full of wonderful music, grand visuals, and melodramatic plot twists, the movie is laced with very funny moments, as well as interesting insights into the world of jazz and the plight of the dedicated musician.
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TV Guide
...Seductive, engaging....[Lee is] terrific at ambience, at a real feeling for backstage talk...
Los Angeles Times
Personal rather than social issues come to the fore in Mo' Better Blues, a Spike Lee personality piece dressed in jazz trappings that puffs itself up like Bird but doesn't really fly.
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Variety
Rating: 3/4 --
Mo' Better Blues is not a great film, but it's an interesting one, which is almost as rare.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Though it's full of striking visual ideas and actorly turns, it never fully convinces.
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Chicago Reader
Product Description:
Spike Lee ventures into the world of jazz music with this stylish romantic drama. Forced by his mother to study the trumpet, Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington) has grown up to become the leader of a successful jazz quintet. Managed by his inept friend, Giant (Lee), Bleek clashes with fellow band member Shadow Henderson (Wesley Snipes). Making matters worse is Bleek's romantic situation: trying to balance two different women at the same time--schoolteacher Indigo Downes (Joie Lee) and aspiring singer Clarke Bentancourt (Cynda Williams). In a hysterical moment, the line is blurred when, while making love, Bleek calls each woman by the other's name. As he struggles to keep the quintet alive and flourishing, he must decide once and for all what it is he really wants: Indigo, Clarke, or his trumpet. The son of jazz musician Bill Lee, who contributes music to the film, Lee has written a script that crackles with witty behind-the-scenes banter that feels natural and fresh. Ernest R. Dickerson's camera moves at an even brisker pace than in other Lee films, which compliments the bouncy soundtrack, making MO' BETTER BLUES an entertaining ride.
Keywords:
Buddies
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Romance
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Suspense
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Thriller
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Love Triangle
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Theatrical Release
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Jazz
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Love Triangles
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Jazz Musicians
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 129,786
- UPC: 025192053627
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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