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Born to Be Blue

2015

Robert Budreau

Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Stephen McHattie ...

6.4

1,819

Drama. Musical Born to be Blue starring Ethan Hawke is a re-imagining of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's life in the 60's. When Chet stars in a film about himself, a romance heats up with his co-star, the enigmatic Jane (Carmen Ejogo). Production is shelved when Chet's past comes back to haunt him and it appears he may never play music again but Jane challenges him to mount a musical comeback against all the odds.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"Hawke and Ejogo are both extremely easy on the eye, and share a agreeably warm sexual chemistry. But the movie around them looks a little flat and televisual"	NEU
United States	Andrew Barker Variety	"Ethan Hawke gives one of the best performances of his career (...) Budreau isn’t out to make a live-action dramatization of Baker’s Wikipedia page here; he’s trying to make a real film"	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Unconventional biopic (...) a drama with a few bum notes but a rootin-tootin’ central turn (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"A film anchored by one of Ethan Hawke ’s best performances. (...) Surprisingly, and successfully, it becomes a love story. Hawke and Ejogo have phenomenal chemistry"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Everything that makes Ethan Hawke an extraordinary actor is on view in Born to Be Blue (...) the film plays riffs on Baker's life without adhering to facts or formula (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Sam Fragoso IndieWire	"Hawke especially flourishes as the afflicted artist (...) "Born to Be Blue" is a good movie about a great artist."	POS
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"By keeping the movie's goals and scale modest, Budreau makes something that should resonate with Baker fans and newcomers alike"	POS

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