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Mo' Better Blues

1990 · 129 min

A warm, melancholy hangout that drifts through music and bad choices, then quietly tightens into loss and grace.

Directed by
Spike Lee
Genres
Drama, Music
Overview
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

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Directed by
Spike Lee
Genres
Drama, Music
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, music
Directed by
Spike Lee
Written by
Spike Lee
Starring
Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Harris, Joie Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro
Music
Bill Lee
Cinematography
Ernest R. Dickerson
Runtime
129 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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