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Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

PG-13 12/03/1999 Comedy, Drama, Music 1h 35m
68%
User
Score
7.2/10
77%
70/100

Overview

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

Woody Allen

Director

Top Billed Cast

Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Emmet Ray

Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton

Hattie

Anthony LaPaglia

Anthony LaPaglia

Al Torrio

Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman

Blanche Williams

James Urbaniak

James Urbaniak

Harry

John Waters

John Waters

Mr. Haynes

Gretchen Mol

Gretchen Mol

Ellie

Denis O'Hare

Denis O'Hare

Jake

Molly Price

Molly Price

Ann

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Media

Sweet and Lowdown: Official Trailer

Sweet and Lowdown: Official Trailer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on May 8, 2024

Presented in a documentary style, this drama looks at the life of the fictional jazz guitarist "Emmet Ray" (Sean Penn). Now, of course, he is American so is naturally the best in the whole wide world, well second best actually, and that is testified to by frequent obsequious pieces-to-camera from purported experts and then by his own performances as he plays standards from the likes of Django Reinhardt, the masterful Stéphane Grapelli and Duke Ellington. Director Woody Allen has a penchant for this style of music, and as faux-homages go this isn't at all bad. That's really thanks to a strong contribution from Sean Penn as the frankly pretty odious character who's selfishness was probably only eclipsed by his increasing obsession with the shy mute "Hattie" (a gorgeous effort from Samantha ...

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