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Mo' Better Blues

Name: Mo' Better Blues
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Released: 1990
Duration: 129 min
Cast: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro

Taste attributes: comedydramamusicromancemusic/dancemusicalfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiplove conquers all

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Boxlist takeA polished, stirring romantic comedy: accessible and warm-hearted. Best if you like polish over grit.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.5 /10

TMDB · 155 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet.

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