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Sweet and Lowdown

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Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 60

Fresh: 46

Rotten:14

Average Rating: 6.7/10

Consensus: Critics praise Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown for its charming, light-hearted comedy and quality acting.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Woody Allen's pseudo-biopic about 1930's jazz guitarist Emmet Ray (Sean Penn) is a personal tribute by the director to a period of musical history that has inspired and influenced him greatly. Penn... Woody Allen's pseudo-biopic about 1930's jazz guitarist Emmet Ray (Sean Penn) is a personal tribute by the director to a period of musical history that has inspired and influenced him greatly. Penn immerses himself into the role of the boozing, womanizing Ray with his usual intensity (this time, with a comic slant). Cameos by Allen and author Nat Hentoff give the film a TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN feel, but it is Fei Zhao's rich photography, as well as the solid musical sequences, that provide the film with its depth. Overall, though, this is a lighthearted effort that aims solely for the funny bone. Samantha Morton steals the show as Ray's silently suffering wife in a breakout role that should elevate her to the forefront of Hollywood actresses. [More]

Starring: Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman, Brian Markinson

Starring: Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman, Brian Markinson, Anthony LaPaglia, Gretchen Mol, John Waters, Vincent Guastaferro, James Urbaniak

Director: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Producer: Jean Doumanian
Composer: Dick Hyman

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Jun 20, 2000

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10/18/08
Susan Stark
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06/17/08
David Stratton
Variety
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Woody Allen, in his thirtieth outing as writer-director, still shows signs of change, improvement, depth of feeling.

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09/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Thanks to Morton's presence, it gets closer to the sweetness of the wonderful Everyone Says I Love You.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Focusing on the story, the auteur explores his two favorite topics, jazz and s----heels, to enter the new millenium in style.

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12/06/05
Ron Wells
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07/21/05
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
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... seems to be the latest chapter in a great work on the artist's search for meaning, for self-worth, for redemption.

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12/06/04
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer

If you aren't sure you like jazz, see this movie just to be exposed to the Django sound! Your next trip might be to the record store.

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11/21/03
Jules Brenner
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05/20/03
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly

Combining the worst traits of his two most recent outings--the overweening cruelty of Deconstructing Harry and the formal and narrative laziness of Celebrity.

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03/19/03
Nick Davis
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11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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A pleasant film. It's sweet and low down on my list of Allen favorites, but worth seeing for Penn's performance.

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10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

Droll and amusing.

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08/15/02
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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06/18/02
Edward Guthmann
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04/03/02
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A shallow portrait of the artist as a cad.

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03/22/02
Liam Lacey
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