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Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

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Reviews Counted:59

Fresh:46

Rotten:13

Average Rating:6.8/10

Consensus: Critics praise Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown for its charming, light-hearted comedy and quality acting.

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Woody Allen's pseudo-biopic about 1930's jazz guitarist Emmet Ray (Sean Penn) is a personal tribute by the director to a period of musical history that has inspired and influenced him greatly. Penn... [More]

Starring: Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman, Brian Markinson

Director: Woody Allen

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Reviews for Sweet and Lowdown

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Tomatometer	Critic	Review	Category
N/R	Geoff Andrew	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 24 2006 04:04 AM	Time Out
N/R	Jonathan Romney	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 03 2002 08:08 AM	Sight and Sound
N/R	Rich Cline	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 10 2001 06:28 PM	Shadows on the Wall
4/5	George Perry	It is put together so well you can believe that this human misfit with a terrible taste in tailoring, an insatiable thirst for liquor, an appalling way with women, yet with a guitar in his hand seemingly guided by angels, was a real person. Full Review \| Comment \| Apr., 17 2001 04:56 PM	BBC
4/5		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Empire Magazine
8/10	Ian Waldron-Mantgani	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	UK Critic
N/R	Ted Murphy	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Sep., 08 2009 03:16 AM	Hollywood.com
2/4	Susan Stark	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Oct., 18 2008 05:53 AM	Detroit News
N/R	David Stratton	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 17 2008 03:15 AM	Variety
4/5	Rob Gonsalves	Woody Allen, in his thirtieth outing as writer-director, still shows signs of change, improvement, depth of feeling. Full Review \| Comment \| Sep., 23 2007 02:03 PM	eFilmCritic.com
3/4	Joe Lozito	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jul., 14 2007 05:10 AM	Big Picture Big Sound
	Jeffrey M. Anderson	Thanks to Morton's presence, it gets closer to the sweetness of the wonderful Everyone Says I Love You. Full Review \| Comment \| May., 26 2006 03:17 AM	Combustible Celluloid
3.5/5	Ron Wells	Focusing on the story, the auteur explores his two favorite topics, jazz and s----heels, to enter the new millenium in style. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 06 2005 07:59 PM	Film Threat
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jul., 21 2005 03:53 AM	Houston Chronicle
N/R	Robin Clifford	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Apr., 09 2005 04:01 AM	Reeling Reviews
B	Jeffrey Overstreet	... seems to be the latest chapter in a great work on the artist's search for meaning, for self-worth, for redemption. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 06 2004 05:12 PM	Looking Closer
3.5/5	Jules Brenner	If you aren't sure you like jazz, see this movie just to be exposed to the Django sound! Your next trip might be to the record store. Full Review \| Comment \| Nov., 21 2003 09:46 AM	Cinema Signals
3/4	Leonard Schwarz	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 20 2003 05:07 PM	Palo Alto Weekly
C-	Nick Davis	Combining the worst traits of his two most recent outings--the overweening cruelty of Deconstructing Harry and the formal and narrative laziness of Celebrity. Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 19 2003 06:49 PM	Nick's Flick Picks
N/R	Jeff Strickler	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Nov., 06 2002 02:59 PM	Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Latest News for Sweet and Lowdown

August 14, 2008: Woody Allen Looks Back With EW
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