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Blue Like Jazz (2012)

dir: Steve Taylor

A Texas college student flees the hypocrisy of his religious upbringing for life in the Pacific Northwest at 'the most godless campus in America.' Based on the New York Times bestseller by Donald Miller. (sxsw)

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Rfox131 Rfox131 rated Blue Like Jazz

1 stars

scott-bowles scott-bowles added a review of Blue Like Jazz

Just earnest enough to blend its religious theme with a beer-chugging hero for a surprisingly contemporary look at faith. Read the review

scott-bowles scott-bowles rated Blue Like Jazz

7 stars

gary-goldstein gary-goldstein added a review of Blue Like Jazz

As for the title, it's a nod to the jazz music that Don's off-the-grid dad shares with his more buttoned-up son. But, like most everything else here, it feels more contrived than authentic. Read the review

gary-goldstein gary-goldstein rated Blue Like Jazz

5 stars

david-fear david-fear added a review of Blue Like Jazz

The movie adaptation's version of religion may be more nuanced than the usual Left Behind fire-and-brimstone sermonizing you find in much contemporary pro-Christian cinema, but it still l... Read the review

david-fear david-fear rated Blue Like Jazz

2 stars

marjorie-baumgarten marjorie-baumgarten added a review of Blue Like Jazz

The primary problem with Blue Like Jazz is that there is no believable character development. Read the review

marjorie-baumgarten marjorie-baumgarten rated Blue Like Jazz

3 stars

rachel-saltz rachel-saltz added a review of Blue Like Jazz

Through it all Mr. Allman, who played the skeevy Tommy on "True Blood," is a pleasant presence but blank. And Don's crisis of faith, which should be the movie's core and engine, is never ... Read the review

rachel-saltz rachel-saltz rated Blue Like Jazz

4 stars

marc-mohan marc-mohan added a review of Blue Like Jazz

The potential for an interesting story is high. Unfortunately, Miller's autobiographical tale, as told in Blue Like Jazz, squanders this potential by failing to take place in a recognizab... Read the review

marc-mohan marc-mohan rated Blue Like Jazz

5 stars

justin-chang justin-chang added a review of Blue Like Jazz

Remains as tame in its presentation as its target audience would expect. Students drink beers on occasion, but no one is shown having sex, taking mind-altering substances or using languag... Read the review

justin-chang justin-chang rated Blue Like Jazz

5 stars

ty-burr ty-burr added a review of Blue Like Jazz

It does give believers and those tottering on the edge something to chew on, and it steadfastly refuses to demonize everybody else. Read the review

ty-burr ty-burr rated Blue Like Jazz

5 stars

michael-osullivan michael-osullivan added a review of Blue Like Jazz

Without being parodistic, it manages to poke fun at the air of privilege and strenuous political correctness common to lefty, liberal arts schools, while retaining a certain affection for... Read the review

michael-osullivan michael-osullivan rated Blue Like Jazz

7 stars

nathan-rabin nathan-rabin added a review of Blue Like Jazz

For all its low-key charms, the coming-of-age story risks being too Christian for secular audiences and too secular and colorful for Christian audiences: Like its spiritual seeker of a pr... Read the review

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