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Mo' Better Blues (1990)

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Summary: Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet. (imdb)
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Genres: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Directed By: Spike Lee
Written By: Spike Lee
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Spike's second masterpiece. The whole movie moves like jazz music.
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Very good. Denzel really nailed what so many musicians are like
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There's a really awesome song in this movie, called mo better blues. They play it after the halfway point. Other than that though, this movie is extremely boring. Worst I've ever seen from Spike Lee.
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I generally prefer very natural-sounding dialogue, but I can deal with stylized dialogue when it's done right. In this movie, most of it just sounded like Lee trying to be clever, rhythmic, or profound. I didn't think it worked as either a tribute to jazz or a compelling character profile or a contemporary romance. It has its moments, though, and credit must be given to Dickerson's photography. Cynda Williams is definitely the weak link in otherwise decent cast.
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Not bad.
Average Tier 5.37 from 108 Rankings rss