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Mo' Better Blues
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6.5Talented 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.
Released: 1990-08-03129 minDir: Spike LeeDrama, MusicBudget: $10.0MBox office: $16.2M
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Cast
- Denzel Washington as Bleek Gilliam
- Spike Lee as Giant
- Wesley Snipes as Shadow Henderson (Sax)
- Giancarlo Esposito as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
- Robin Harris as Butterbean Jones
- Joie Lee as Indigo
Themes
- melancholy
- admiring
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
14,876 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
71%
Metacritic
61/100
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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