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Suswatibasu (1702 KP) rated Born To Be Blue (2016) in Movies

Sep 26, 2017  
Born To Be Blue (2016)
Born To Be Blue (2016)
2016 | International, Drama, Musical
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Ethan Hawke is fantastic (0 more)
The back and forth between flashbacks and the film within a film is confusing at times (0 more)
Seriously depressing, a masterful musician and his addiction
As a fan of jazz great Chet Baker, Born to be Blue is an honest and brutal portrayal of the trumpeter, especially during his worst time battling addiction. After a mysterious but vicious assault Baker, portrayed by Ethan Hawke, he is left unable to play and kicked out of the industry on parole.

While it is mostly accurate, his love interest is an amalgamation of his three ex-wives and so there is a bit of artistic licence. And at times it flips into flashbacks of black and white, which is a film in a film, when Baker played himself in his biopic. But mostly it's his relationship with heroin which he took until the end of his life in 1988, though the film only concentrates on his growing insecurity between 1950 and 1960.

It's sad knowing how it ends, too many talents lost in the haze of drugs.
  
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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Black and Blue (2019) in Movies

Aug 4, 2020  
Black and Blue (2019)
Black and Blue (2019)
2019 | Action, Crime, Drama
7
6.5 (6 Ratings)
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Black and Blue focuses on a rookie police officer returning to New Orleans after leaving in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She is abruptly faced with the realization that corruption not only exists within her hometown police department, but it may be far more extensive than could be imagined. She also has to cope with the knowledge that a HUGE wedge has been driven between the PD and the local community and the fracture that exists may be too large to mend.

Naomi Watts is wonderful and convincing in the lead role with several supporting cast members rounding things out perfectly. Tyrese Gibson shows a depth generally not seen in most cases as a sort of liaison simply trying to keep peace but quickly finding himself embroiled in the middle of it all.

At times predictable, at times redeeming. Worth giving a go if you have the time.