Sweet and Lowdown

1999

Comedy / Drama / Music

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 77% · 61 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 81% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 37505 37.5K

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Plot summary

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

Director

Woody Allen Photo
Woody Allen

Top cast

Uma Thurman Photo
Uma Thurman as Blanche
Sean Penn Photo
Sean Penn as Emmet Ray
Anthony LaPaglia Photo
Anthony LaPaglia as Al Torrio
Brad Garrett Photo
Brad Garrett as Joe Bedloe
480p.DVD
810.21 MB
718*460
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
25 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 26

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ccthemovieman-1 8 / 10

Hats Off To 'Hattie!'

This is a strange movie, but one made a little bit special to me because of one memorable character: "Hattie," played by Samantha Morton. What a wonderful, endearing character! The sweet look on her face alone makes this movie worth keeping.Another huge positive for this film is the cinematography. This is beautifully shot with great colors which look all the better on DVD.As mentioned by other reviewers, Sean Penn also does an excellent job in the lead. The shocker for me was how good a comedic touch he exhibits. Putting his general persona or politics aside, this man deserves kudos as an actor.There is a third very different and interesting character in this movie: "Blanche," played by Uma Thurman, who portrays an amoral woman in the last part of the film. She, too, is fascinating.So....three interesting characters, great photography AND terrific music - jazz guitar is a central part of this story - all make for a fun hour-and-a-half of entertainment.
Reviewed by llltdesq 8 / 10

The type of film Woody Allen does very well

In my opinion, there is more than one type of Woody Allen film. There is the antic lunacy of films like Bananas and Sleeper, the serio-comic "serious" film with "meaning", like Annie Hall, Husbands and Wives and Deconstructing Harry and then there are what I think are Woody Allen's "love notes", if you'll bear with the expression, films like The Purple Rose of Cairo, Bullets Over Broadway and Sweet and Lowdown, films as a general rule that are period pieces (generally the '30's or thereabouts) that are basically mash notes from Allen to something Allen particularly cares about, such as jazz in Sweet and Lowdown (specifically jazz guitar and Django Reinhardt). The score is great, which is typical for a Woody Allen film. Allen does these little films vey well and they are almost always worth watching. Sean Penn plays a self-centered, egotistical creep with talent. I will leave any further interpretations regarding the preceding statement to the Gentle Reader. Why he was nominated for an Oscar escapes me. Samantha Morton, on the other hand, gives a sweet, if almost one-note, performance, which basically sums up the movie: worth the time and effort to watch, but a one-note film. If you like this side of Woody (and I do), this is worth seeing.
Reviewed by ian_harris 7 / 10

Very watchable, very charming

This is a very enjoyable movie. It has many touches in it that are classic Woody Allen, so it should appeal to his many fans. It is also so strong on the jazz material that it should appeal to jazz afficianados even if they are not Woody Allen fans. The biographical / documentary styles keep this movie away from Woody's worst excesses (I am a fan, but not a blinkered one)and provide momentum. There are one or two scenes that migrate towards farce, such as the hold-up scene(s) and the "moon seat".This film is well worth seeing.
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