Review of Miles Ahead (2016) by Bobmeier — 20 May 2016

It's hard to think of a subject more rich than Miles Davis music or his incredible life. There's enough material there for several great movies. This isnt one of them. Miles Ahead does nothing to expose new listeners to his wonderful records-there's only tiny snippets of his music in this movie.

If this had been done right, I would have come from the movie and got out the records and revisited them. The billboard charts would have several Davis records on them-at least in the lower parts of the charts.

There's nothing like that going on because there's nothing in this movie to make you want to listen to them again-or discover them for the first time. There IS a car chase, a lot of emphasis on Miles foul mouth and drug use, fans whose idolatry borders on just silliness (a drug dealer who accepts hundreds less if Miles will sign his records for him?).

Charles Burnett, Spike Lee, Lee Daniels could have made a great movie about Miles. But because of this slop, there's not much chance that will ever happen now. Dust off your Miles records and skip this movie.