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A Jazzman's Blues

2022

Tyler Perry

Joshua Boone, Solea Pfeiffer, Amirah Vann, Austin Scott ...

6.1

325

Drama A story of forbidden love and family secrets that reaches from the 1940s to the 1980s.

Premiere at TIFF 2022

	Author	Review
United States	Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter	"The film is not a revelation, nor does it stray too far from Perry’s other work, but it suggests the director may be ready to move out of his comfort zone."	NEU
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"Perry has a way of making even the most telegraphed twists and overheated dialogue ring with conviction, a consummate entertainer to the end"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	It’s closer to Perry’s version of a Douglas Sirk film (...) 'A Jazzman’s Blues' may be based on an old script, but for Perry it feels like the start of something new."	POS
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Bold, beautiful, and bittersweet (...) The film is brimming with sentimentality, and there's an earnestness here that feels deeply sincere, if not always effective."	NEU
United States	Katie Rife IndieWire	"A more serious-minded version of Perry’s usual burlesques, with beautiful music (...) At its core, [it] is a soap opera full of shocking secrets, emotional confrontations, and one exceedingly satisfying slap"	POS
United States	Robert Daniels The Playlist	"The film is never as deep as it thinks it is. Nor is it terribly original either. But for Perry, this is a massive change."	NEU
United States	Amanda Guarragi Ready Steady Cut	"Bayou and Leanne's story is heartbreaking to watch, but there are lessons to be learned. It has a beautiful production design and wonderful music to balance the hardships they face (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Andrew Lawrence The Guardian	"Everything about this film is genuinely absorbing (...) Perry never shows up on screen, in drag or otherwise. But his vast talent and resources shine through. And so does his heart (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Damon Wise Deadline	"[It] might be better seen with remote in hand, like a Sunday afternoon cable rerun of one of the classy ’50s melodramas (...) but whose intelligence and sophistication it can’t quite replicate"	NEU
United States	Lisa Kennedy The New York Times	"'A Jazzman's Blues' is packed with outsize emotions, but also grand themes"	POS
United States	Sarah Milner SlashFilm	"Part of the issue is that the film really feels like it was written almost 30 years ago. The kinds of stories being told about Black culture and America's history of racial injustice has changed a lot"	NEU
United States	Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"'A Jazzman's Blues' proves that when Perry applies himself in a particular fashion, his work can stand entirely on its own (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Carlos Aguilar Los Angeles Times	"The fact that 'A Jazzman's Blues' is one of the prolific media mogul's most polished directorial efforts doesn't necessarily mean it's much of a departure (...) A Tyler Perry film —occasionally for better, but often for worse"	NEU
United States	John Serba Decider	"'A Jazzman's Blues' is eminently consumable, sometimes even highly watchable"	NEU

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