The Jazz Singer is a shallow attempt by a powerful group of straying Jews to clear their consciences.
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07/20/09
The Jazz Singer (1927)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:18
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 4 hrs 25 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: The first feature film to utilize Synchronous Sound. The story is about Cantor Oland's son who goes into show business over his objections. Tunes include "Mammy," "Toot, Toot, Tootsie" and more.... [More]
Starring: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Eugenie Besserer, Warner Oland
Director: Alan Crosland
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Reviews for The Jazz Singer
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04/21/05
A landmark: the first sound film in which dialogue and song caught the public's imagination, even though sound had long existed and much of this film is silent.
05/24/03
It's ragged and dull until the magical moment when Jolson turns to the camera to announce, 'You ain't heard nothin' yet' -- a line so loaded with unconscious irony that it still raises a few goose bumps.
01/01/00
Top CriticAn overrated cinematic turd, and an embarrassment to Jazz.
07/12/08
...there's no taking away from the movie's heart and Jolson's singing. The Jazz Singer remains a classic of its kind.
10/14/07
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07/25/02
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06/15/05
No review available.
11/04/04
Must-see for any film buff.
01/27/04
Utterly unremarkable; its milestone status is more historical fluke than genuine artistry.
01/14/03
Three quarters of a century later, viewing 'The Jazz Singer' is perhaps a historical curiosity to many. It is an insult to overly sensitive others.
10/15/04
Sincere and important, if a little self-aware, look at being Jewish in a way other movies of the time weren't touching.
11/25/02
No review available.
07/31/03
The Vitaphoned songs and some dialogue have been introduced most adroitly.
03/25/06
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08/24/05
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12/10/07
The Broadway melodrama is schmaltzy, but the music thank God is heavenly.
05/03/06
No review available.
10/20/05
Warner Bros.' The Jazz Singer (1927) is an historic milestone film and cinematic landmark. [Most people associate this film with the advent of sound pictures.]
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