The Jazz Singer

1980

Action / Drama / Music / Romance

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 26% · 23 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 5788 5.8K

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Plot summary

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

Director

Richard Fleischer Photo
Richard Fleischer

Top cast

Mike Kellin Photo
Mike Kellin as Leo
Lucie Arnaz Photo
Lucie Arnaz as Molly Bell
Laurence Olivier Photo
Laurence Olivier as Cantor Rabinovitch
James Booth Photo
James Booth as Paul Rossini
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1019.85 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles
25 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 3
2.05 GB
1920*1040
English 5.1
PG
Subtitles
25 fps
1 hr 50 min
Seeds 12

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by MK40

Very disappointing. The main character, Jess Robin, is

Very disappointing. The main character, Jess Robin, is a self-centered and apathetic individual who walks out on his wife (telling her that he would only be gone for two weeks) to pursue a recording contract. He does not return home and instead quickly takes up with his agent, Molly, who he moves in with after telling his wife that he no longer wants a life as a canter. He shows no emotion toward her or anything that is meaningful to her. After his father discovers that Jess is living with another woman and is divorcing his wife, his father disowns him. Jess cannot seem to connect with anyone in his life. He expects everyone to accept his choices, joyfully, thinking nothing of how he is destroying the lives of those who love him. Molly discovers that she is pregnant with their child while Jess is abusing everyone around him as he struggles with the rejection of his father. He storms out of the studio and simply disappears for year with no explanation to anyone. A family friend tries to reunite Jess with his father but he appears very reluctant. His father finds forgiveness for Jess when Jess shows him a photograph of his baby boy. He reunites with Molly as if he never abandoned her. She is joined by his father is for Jess's big moment on stage at the end of the film. Very unrealistic story with an unrealistic ending about a typical narcissist who only sees things in terms of how they affect him.
Reviewed by ODDBear 7 / 10

Not bad at all

Neil Diamond's first, and only, starring role. This tale, about a Jewish man who tries to make it as a singer despite heavy objections from his stern father (Laurence Olivier), was ripped to pieces by critics upon it's release. I'm a somewhat mini-Neil fan and I enjoy this movie quite a bit. Sure, it's not perfect, at all, but, it's got great music by Diamond and a bravura (perhaps somewhat over the top) performance by the terrific Olivier. Neil Diamond isn't bad at all either. You could do a lot worse than sit through this movie. 7 out of 10.
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