Sweet and Lowdown
Comedy, Drama, Music
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1999
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In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
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Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
3 Dec 1999
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$29,750,000
Revenue:
$4,525,794
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 15 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Droll and amusing.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Aug 2002
rotten:
A shallow portrait of the artist as a cad.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
22 Mar 2002
fresh:
There is enjoyment to be had from Sweet and Lowdown.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Emmet Ray is a fictional character, but so convincing in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown that he seems like a real chapter of jazz history we somehow overlooked.
– Roger Ebert,
At the Movies,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
A snappy, loose-limbed performance from Penn.
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Jan 2000