Mo' Better Blues (1990)

Directed by

Spike Lee

Genre

drama film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 09m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 262 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A jazz trumpeter named Bleek Gilliam juggles two women and a troublesome bandmate. His choices threaten his music and relationships. The film follows his struggle to find balance and redemption.

melancholicstylishintrospectiveconversationalmusicalromantictenseurbanslow-burn

What happens

Mo' Better Blues is a 1990 American dramatic film starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Spike Lee, who also wrote, produced, and directed. It follows a period in the life of fictional jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (played by Washington) as a series of bad decisions result in his jeopardizing both his relationships and his playing career. The film focuses on themes of friendship, loyalty, honesty, cause-and-effect, and ultimately salvation. It features the music of the Branford Marsalis quartet and Terence Blanchard on trumpet. The film was released five months after the death of Robin Harris and is dedicated to his memory, being his final acting role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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