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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. Sep 22, 2008 | Full Review…
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.
Variety Staff
Though it's full of striking visual ideas and actorly turns, it never fully convinces. Sep 22, 2008 | Full Review…
Though it's full of striking visual ideas and actorly turns, it never fully convinces.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Despite stylish camerawork and sturdy acting, this lengthy indulgence succeeds neither as jazz movie nor as cautionary tale. Feb 9, 2006 | Full Review…
Despite stylish camerawork and sturdy acting, this lengthy indulgence succeeds neither as jazz movie nor as cautionary tale.
Geoff Andrew
Mo' Better Blues is not a great film, but it's an interesting one, which is almost as rare. Oct 23, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Mo' Better Blues is not a great film, but it's an interesting one, which is almost as rare.
Roger Ebert
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?' May 20, 2003 | 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?'
Caryn James
For the only time in his remarkable career, Spike Lee has failed to tell it like it is. May 12, 2001
For the only time in his remarkable career, Spike Lee has failed to tell it like it is.
Peter Travers
It's a burning, feeling film of impulses, bringing out the best in the filmmaker, who used to create miniature moviegoing events with his releases, before He Got Game came along and smothered his good taste. Aug 7, 2010 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
It's a burning, feeling film of impulses, bringing out the best in the filmmaker, who used to create miniature moviegoing events with his releases, before He Got Game came along and smothered his good taste.
Brian Orndorf
It's tight, suspenseful, funny and packed with great music. Sep 22, 2008 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's tight, suspenseful, funny and packed with great music.
Charles Shaar Murray
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. Sep 22, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
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.
Denzel, Wesley and Co are fine, but Mo' Better Blues hits too many bum notes. Sep 22, 2008 | Full Review…
Denzel, Wesley and Co are fine, but Mo' Better Blues hits too many bum notes.
Film4 Staff
Centering on the career of a jazz musician (well played by Denzel Washington, just before he became a star), this mid-range picture has nice production values but the drama is too diffuse, lacking the edge of Spike Lee's more overtly political works. Jun 24, 2008 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Centering on the career of a jazz musician (well played by Denzel Washington, just before he became a star), this mid-range picture has nice production values but the drama is too diffuse, lacking the edge of Spike Lee's more overtly political works.
Emanuel Levy
Spike Lee's film is filled with promising ideas and moments of technical virtuosity. Jun 14, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
Spike Lee's film is filled with promising ideas and moments of technical virtuosity.
Douglas Pratt
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