Born to be Blue starring Ethan Hawke is a re-imagining of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's life in the 60's. When Chet stars in a film about himself, a romance heats up with his costar, the enigmatic Jane (Carmen Ejogo). Production is shelved when Chet's past comes back to haunt him and it appears he may never play music again but Jane challenges him to mount a musical comeback against all the odds.... (Full plot summary below)
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Born to be Blue starring Ethan Hawke is a re-imagining of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's life in the 60's. When Chet stars in a film about himself, a romance heats up with his costar, the enigmatic Jane (Carmen Ejogo). Production is shelved when Chet's past comes back to haunt him and it appears he may never play music again but Jane challenges him to mount a musical comeback against all the odds.
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| VarietyAndrew BarkerUpending the conventions of the musical rise-and-fall formula while still offering a relatively straightforward three-act narrative, the film is anchored by an Ethan Hawke performance that ranks among the best of his career. |
| Seattle TimesPaul de BarrosThe film draws you deeply into Baker’s fantasy world, to the point that the entreaty of his famous recording, “Let’s Get Lost,” almost seems like a good idea. |
| Village VoiceSerena DonadoniBudreau's variation on the theme of Chet Baker doesn't play out as an inspired improvisation, settling instead into the familiar grooves of a redemptive melodrama |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayBy reducing Baker's story to just a couple of pivotal years, Budreau makes every moment matter, including a tense final scene that treats the preparation for a performance like a duel at high noon. Like Baker himself, Born to Be Blue finds drama in minimalism. |
| Willamette WeekCurtis CookThere's wonder in the desperation when we see Baker bleeding from the mouth in a bathtub as he practices the trumpet. |
| The Public (Buffalo)M. FaustThe movie is slight but silly, goofy without being goony. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaBorn to Be Blue doesn't pretend to have all the answers. What it does have - in addition to an immersive performance from Ethan Hawke as the cool-cat jazz man - is an emotional understanding of who Baker was, or may have been. |
| San Diego Union-TribuneAnders Wright"Born to Be Blue" is about jazz, sure, but it's also full of soul. |
| Seven DaysRick KisonakBaker, we learn, spent the last decade of his life in Europe, using heroin and making much of his greatest music. As an antidrug message, Budreau's film blows. As the study of a famous creative figure, it gets inside to a degree biopics rarely do. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA biopic about the legendary jazz trumpeter and his lady as they strive to build a life together in love. |
