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By Christian Toto (897) for HollywoodInToto.com (350) on 22 Apr 2016

Miles Ahead leaves out the rise and fall narrative, and there's no moment where Davis first hears his music on the radio…

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By Scott G (1,078) on 22 Apr 2016

Cheadle delivers a solid directorial debut that's anchored by his nuanced portrayal of Davis…

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By Alex H (1,416) on 22 Apr 2016

Co-written, directed and starring Don Cheadle; Miles Ahead is a music biopic that feels as fresh and unique as its music and characters…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 21 Apr 2016

The film is alive with some lovely moments that point towards half-grasped possibilities…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 21 Apr 2016

Davis's behaviour is monstrous but Cheadle plays him with such charisma that he seems perversely sympathetic anyway. We root for him…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 21 Apr 2016

It's an odd, disjointed, incoherent film, and only Mr Cheadle's acting and snatches of Mr Davis's divine music make it worth watching…

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By Marcus Crowder (1) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 21 Apr 2016

Cheadle brilliantly inhabits one of the 20th century's outsized geniuses, thoroughly getting under Davis' skin while bringing a mostly heard…

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By Robert Horton (590) for HeraldNet (Everett, WA) (288) on 21 Apr 2016

There's the music, of course. Nothing touches that…

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By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 21 Apr 2016

Cheadle does fine work as the desiccated and unstable Davis, but as a director, his visual attempts to match the fiery cool of Davis' music…

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By Adam Sweeting (122) for The Arts Desk (640) on 21 Apr 2016

See this movie for Cheadle's crackling performance and the musical content, not least a concluding comeback performance featuring the real…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 21 Apr 2016

Cheadle's performance is the drawing card here, as the actor finds the musician beneath the bluster…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 21 Apr 2016

The movie's mix of historical touchstones and antic fantasy suggests the influence of the Coens, whose films -- 'Llewyn Davis,' 'Hail, Caesar…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 21 Apr 2016

A fantasy about Miles Davis's life and music; loose, free-flowing, a kind of cinematic jazz…

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By Rebekah M (75) on 21 Apr 2016

Movie captures ups and downs of a great artist, while facing his own demons and producing beautiful music…

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By Margaret M (158) on 21 Apr 2016

So creative, so vivid…

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By Will M (506) on 21 Apr 2016

An incredibly artistic movie. Its great going to see films you love on first watch and know they're really isn't anything like it out right now…

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By James E (570) on 21 Apr 2016

In his directorial debut, actor Don Cheadle (Traitor) mostly avoids the clichés of the biographical picture and takes genuine creative risks,…

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By Stephen Carty (98) for Radio Times (2,421) on 20 Apr 2016

Cheadle deserves plenty of credit, but his performance veers towards caricature, and the film doesn't quite hit the high notes that it aims for…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 20 Apr 2016

It was clearly Cheadle's intention to make a film as unconventional as its subject, and in that respect he's succeeded…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 20 Apr 2016

As in most biopics, Miles Ahead blurs the line between fact and fiction. Does it matter…

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