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By Kam Williams (1,272) for Baret News (418) on 03 Apr 2016

An improvisational cinematic portrait of a jazz giant whose prodigious cultural contributions play second fiddle to a plethora of his personal…

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By Armond White (604) for National Review (314) on 03 Apr 2016

Miles Ahead is held together by Cheadle's regard for its subject, which clearly emboldened him, as a first-time director, to attempt filmmaking…

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By Tim Cogshell (223) for TheWrap (3,203) on 02 Apr 2016

Miles Ahead the album is brilliant; the movie of the same name is not, but it's very good, brightly conceived not as a cradle-to-grave bio-pic…

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By J.a. Kordosh (11) for Under the Radar (636) on 02 Apr 2016

Don Cheadle directs, co-writes and stars in this charming but ultimately messy biopic of musician Miles Davis…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 31 Mar 2016

Miles Ahead is obviously a labor of love, but it falls into the trap of so many biopics about anguished artists – it confuses the anguish…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 31 Mar 2016

ambitious directorial debut that winds up a little rough around the edges, sort of like Davis himself…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 30 Mar 2016

Don Cheadle gives one of the best performances of his career as jazz legend Miles Davis in Miles Ahead, even if his debut as a director ends…

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By Bill Newcott (157) for AARP Movies for Grownups (302) on 30 Mar 2016

Cheadle's (younger) Davis is thoughtful, troubled and ingenious…

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By Michael Arbeiter (93) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 30 Mar 2016

Miles Ahead spends a lot of time struggling with the responsibility of telling its subject's story…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 30 Mar 2016

The sophistication gap between the character Cheadle has created and the film that contains him is so great it begins to feel like you're watching…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 30 Mar 2016

Does it matter that stretches of Miles Ahead — a gun-rattling, squealing-tire car chase included — came out of the filmmakers’ imagination…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon (312) on 30 Mar 2016

To give a performance this layered and complex and unstinting while also directing the film around it, which is risky and imaginative and full…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 29 Mar 2016

So give Don Cheadle credit for innovation, at least: His Miles Davis biopic (which he directed, co-wrote, and stars in), Miles Ahead, tackles…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 29 Mar 2016

Miles Davis wanted to try something new. So does 'Miles Ahead,' and not just because it's Great Artist movie with a shoot-out…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 29 Mar 2016

Like Born To Be Blue, Miles Ahead is allergic to all things biopic, especially the cheap psychology and the effort to tie up a complex life…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for MTV (492) on 29 Mar 2016

Miles Ahead matches music and mood to memory. It feels almost improvised, a creation at once shaggy and fresh…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 29 Mar 2016

Cheadle's tender eyes and scraped-raw whisper prove reason enough for Davis fans to give Miles Ahead a go: Just often enough, I thought, Holy…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 29 Mar 2016

Directed by, and starring, Don Cheadle, it's more about truth than facts. Did this all happen just the way it's laid out? Definitely not…

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By Alison Willmore (681) for BuzzFeed News (197) on 28 Mar 2016

Cheadle's freeness with his format and willingness to try to express Miles' inner life with rich visuals shows plenty of promise to his future…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 24 Mar 2016

This is probably Cheadle’s most electrified performance since the one that made him a star, as the incorrigibly homicidal Mouse in Devil…

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