A Jazzman's Blues
2022 · Movie · R · 127 min · ★ 7.5 · 65% critics
In the Deep South, a young couple’s forbidden romance collides with family pressure, racial boundaries, and the pull of music from a local juke joint. Decades later, a trail of letters and long-buried choices brings the past rushing back, exposing how love, ambition, and loyalty can shape lives for generations.
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-09-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (150 votes)
About
If you enjoy sweeping, emotional period romances with music, family conflict, and tough themes around race and identity, this may land for you; Not for you if you want light escapism or tidy resolutions like The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him.
Pros: emotional love story; strong performances; memorable music | Cons: uneven pacing; rushed developments; heavy tragic tone
Themes
- forbidden love
- 1940s
- deep south
Cast & crew
Joshua Boone
as Bayou
Amirah Vann
as Hattie Mae
Solea Pfeiffer
as Leanne
Ryan Eggold
as Ira
Austin Scott
as Willie Earl
Milauna Jackson
as Citsy
Brent Antonello
as John Clayton
Brad Benedict
as Sheriff Jackson
Kario Marcel
as Johnathan Dupree
Lana Young
as Ethel
Directed by Tyler Perry