Born to Be Blue

2015

Action / Biography / Comedy / Drama / Music / Musical / Romance

63
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 88% · 119 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 9867 9.9K

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Plot summary

Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.

Director

Robert Budreau Photo
Robert Budreau

Top cast

Ethan Hawke Photo
Ethan Hawke as Chet Baker
Eugene Clark Photo
Eugene Clark as Harry Azuka
Janet-Laine Green Photo
Janet-Laine Green as Mom
Steven McChattie Photo
Steven McChattie as Chesney Baker Sr.
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707.07 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 3
1.47 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 10

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Reno 6 / 10

> Behind this man's success there was a

> Behind this man's success there was a woman and other things. This is not a bad semi-biographical music-drama with a little romance in it, but many of us have no idea of its existence because it is not a Hollywood. For me it was just an above average, because of the first 30 minutes. In those narrations it was very boring, you know a film needs a good opening and this film's first impression failed. But next one hour, till the final scene was much better. Except I hated the whispering dialogues which this film had everywhere. I don't know who is Chet Baker, thanks to this film for introducing him to me. This story is no special compared to other biopics related to music and singing. Like fame and drugs taking over the career where one struggles to rise back from the fall. This is the same old crap, except it is a jazz theme, but everything was lightly portrayed without making much complication. I mean it centres only on the romance and music, everything else was never given preference. Except in parts where the couple seeks support from the outside world like the opportunities and meeting their parents. The film focused only a certain stage of the life of Chet. It is very sad not knowing his earlier life as well as his Europe settlement in the later on which looks much more interesting than what they narrated in this. Ethan Hawke was great as usual and so his co-stars. There's no harm for once viewing, but some people feel it more depressing than enjoyable or entertaining. So the film is for the selected audience and make sure you're one of them before going for it. 6/10
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Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10

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Jazz trumpeter Chet Baker (Ethan Hawke) gains early fame for his West Coast Swing. Miles Davis dismisses him as White Men's Hope. Drug addiction breaks up his marriage to Elaine (Carmen Ejogo). Years later, he is struggling. He meets actress Jane (Carmen Ejogo) who is playing Elaine in his movie. His drug dealer smashes his face for not paying. He loses the movie and his ability to play. Even his producer friend Dick Bock (Callum Keith Rennie) has had enough. With Jane's help, he lives in a van and slowly regains his trumpet playing.

The flow is idiosyncratic like jazz. I also would like more of his early drug addiction downfall. There are some good character work from Ethan Hawke. There isn't a overriding drama but it has good some personal moments. This is solid work from Hawke but the movie is a bit slow as a whole.

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