Review of Sweet and Lowdown (1999) by Dawdlingpoet — 11 Dec 2021

I thought this was an amusing film, with Sean Penn playing the somewhat of a 'wise guy', quirky jazz guitarist Emmet Ray. I enjoyed it as a period drama, even though it is decidedly cheesy at times and the comedy is mostly visual, somewhat slapstick in nature.

Samantha Morton is quite charming too as the very facially expressive mute lady, Hattie. Of course a film like this is very much centered on music and I enjoyed the 'bright and breezy' style of jazz music played in the background of some scenes.

I prefer this to some other Woody Allen films, certainly. I quite enjoyed this film and so I'd recommend it to others, yes.