Blue Like Jazz
The film is based on a famous novel. It is about a nineteen-year-old student who seems to be stuck in his life. One day, he decides to escape his shool to have a journey to Portland to find the answer who he is and what the importance is.
29 December 1980
20 December 1964, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
22 March 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 March 1962, Hollywood, California, USA
19 February 1973, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
May 26, 2013
Sodom and Gomorrah are paradoxically brought back to life in the form of an Oregon-based liberal-arts college in this Christian recruiting video.
August 25, 2012
A hot mess that somehow manages to somewhat redeem itself by the final frame but sadly not enough to save it from ultimate damnation.
April 13, 2012
An uncommon thoughtfulness about spiritual issues distinguishes this otherwise generic coming-of-age story.
June 15, 2012
[It] playfully serves up more food for thought than most comedies we've seen so far this decade.
April 13, 2012
It is - somewhat surprisingly, given the heavy-handed subject - neither sanctimonious nor preachy.
April 13, 2012
The film's heart is in the right place; it just can't make the rest of its parts function smoothly.
April 13, 2012
It tackles existential struggles that many of us grapple with - and the film industry virtually ignores - while doing so in an entertaining way.
April 13, 2012
"Blue Like Jazz" is a pleasant film, as well-intentioned as the character Don himself, but it ducks the thorniest questions of faith and dogma while patting itself on the back for realism.
April 04, 2013
Blue Like Jazz certainly breaks the mould in terms what audiences have come to expect from spiritual cinema, but it refuses to take the necessary leap required to fully redefine mainstream audiences' perception of this niche genre.
May 04, 2012
Unlike other 'faith-based' films, it lacks a down-on-your-knees come-to-Jesus moment, presenting its young hero as a conflicted Everyman with the same questions about 'the human dilemma' as any sensitive college freshman.
April 13, 2012
Just earnest enough to blend its religious theme with a beer-chugging hero for a surprisingly contemporary look at faith.
August 22, 2012
reveals the shallowness of the college years in which an otherwise legal adult can act like a child well into his 20s
