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Sweet and Lowdown (7/10)

March 28th, 2005

I’m going to make this quick. I like Woody Allen movies, and Sweet and Lowdown was no exception. The movie follows the short career of a 1930’s conceited jazz guitarist named Emmett Ray (Sean Penn). Along the way, he falls in love and marries a mute girl named Hattie (Samantha Morton).

Sean Penn and Samantha Morton both gave excellent performances. That’s not saying much for Penn since he always excels, but Morton took on the role of mute girl (i.e. - no lines or dialogue) and still projected a lot of emotion in her body language. I would recommend this movie to people looking for something lighthearted and original, and I would highly recommend this to Woody Allen fans.

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