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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 piec…
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Sweet and Lowdown
68%
Movie
1h 35m
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Sweet and Lowdown (1999) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Sweet and Lowdown (1999) — a movie tagged as Comedy, Drama, and Music with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~95 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Sweet and Lowdown 68% (558 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1999-12-03
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- TMDB rating
- 6.8
- TMDB ID
- 9684
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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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The official runtime for Sweet and Lowdown is approximately 95 minutes.
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Cast
Sean Penn
Emmet Ray
Samantha Morton
Hattie
Anthony LaPaglia
Al Torrio
Uma Thurman
Blanche Williams
James Urbaniak
Harry
John Waters
Mr. Haynes
Gretchen Mol
Ellie
Denis O'Hare
Jake
Molly Price
Ann
Brian Markinson
Bill Shields
Tony Darrow
Ben
Daniel Okrent
A.J. Pickman
Brad Garrett
Joe Bedloe
Kaili Vernoff
Gracie
Woody Allen
Himself
Ben Duncan (DJ)
Himself
Nat Hentoff
Himself
Douglas McGrath
Himself
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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 Morton) who comes to depend on him, but might he actually come to depend on her too - despite himself? It's a great looking film with plenty of attention to detail, and it does work well at illustrating just how important it is for people to have decent anchors in their lives. The dialogue is all a bit too relentless for me with very little time to come up for air as this rattles along but it's all genuinely and uncomfortably plausible at times, too. Pity about the constant hyperbole, though - how can anyone be the best guitarist? Hmmm?
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