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Low Down
Directed by
Jeff Preiss
R
2014
1h 54m
Drama
,
Biography
,
and more
6.1
50%
49%
5.5
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A look at the life of pianist Joe Albany from the perspective of his young daughter, as she watches him contend with his drug addiction during the 1970s jazz scene.
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Cast of Low Down
John Hawkes
Joe Albany
Elle Fanning
Amy Albany
Glenn Close
Gram
Peter Dinklage
Alain
Lena Headey
Sheila Albany
Flea
Hobbs / Executive Producer
Tim Daly
Dalton
Caleb Landry Jones
Cole
River Ross
LaPrez
Taryn Manning
Colleen
Billy Drago
Lew
Myles Cranford
Jimmy
Burn Gorman
Wiggenhern
Sandha Khin
Alain's Redhead
Eddie Rouse
Group Leader
Rain Phoenix
Kitty
Jeff Preiss
Director
Amy Albany
Novel
Topper Lilien
Screenplay
Mindy Goldberg
Producer
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Low Down Ratings & Reviews
Bitch Media
Sarah Mirk
It's disappointing that Low Down unspools toward the end, since the first half is filled with great characters and a smart script. Like Amy's character herself, the film is astute in some ways and overwhelmingly awkward in others.
Seattle Times
Paul de Barros
"Low Down" nicely evokes a smokey mood of '50s jazz and Hollywood noir and deserves points for its emotional straightforwardness, but its tired story and deliberate pace never really draw you in.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Cary Darling
Whiplash is like one of those Buddy Rich solos the kid idolizes: hot, sweaty and in-your-face. Low Down is like the version of Billy Strayhorn's Lush Life played in one of this film's club scenes: somber, moody and cool to the touch.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
The acting makes it a far more compelling ride than it otherwise would have been.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tirdad Derakhshani
Fanning's performance rescues the film from mediocrity.
Austin Chronicle
Josh Kupecki
Low Down is a wonderful downer of a film that fits quite comfortably on the video-store shelf between Barfly and Drugstore Cowboy. That said, depending on your proclivity for plunging into the cinematic depths of despair, your mileage may vary.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
Low Down is rich in vivid characters.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
Perhaps the real trouble is this: the chief relationship here is between a man and his needle; everybody else is just a problem to be forgotten while high.
Chicago Reader
Drew Hunt
Glenn Close plays Amy-Jo's grandmother, a nurturing figure in a dingy milieu, and delivers one of her better recent performances, while Hawkes, who bears a striking resemblance to Albany, again proves he's among our most dependable actors.
Washington Post
Stephanie Merry
The squalor alone isn't enough - this would be a more affecting story had if it showed us what was happening beneath the decaying exterior.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
"Low Down" serves as a terrific example of how to evoke a given period on a tight budget.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
A lovely film that brings great emotion and a dead-on feeling for time, place and recaptured mood to a story that is as universal as it is personal.
Movie Mezzanine
Monica Castillo
Low Down is not a happy movie, but it is haunting...
RogerEbert.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
Preiss' movie does a consistently excellent job of explaining the lure of jazz, and the psychology of addicts, their enablers and their children without explaining anything.
New York Times
Nicolas Rapold
This movie from Jeff Preiss is a stream of recollections, but the late-afternoon-light grain of its Super 16-millimeter camerawork and the gestures of warmth between its characters perhaps say more than any rise-and-fall might.
The New Republic
David Thomson
Low Down is a knockout, a candid picture of much of jazz, and one more step for a master actor.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
Preiss soaks his movie in a brownish retro atmosphere, which helps smooth over the many dull spots, but only briefly.
AV Club
David Ehrlich
Low Down keeps the histrionics to a minimum, but the inertia of a good man failing to be a good father isn't enough to sustain nearly two hours of reflection ...
New York Post
Sara Stewart
"Low Down" painstakingly re-creates the look and sound of the gritty life of jazz pianist and heroin addict Joe Albany in the 1960s and '70s, but can't find its rhythm.
Observer
Rex Reed
The story is familiar, the screenplay never explains the demons that drove Joe Albany to trash his talent, and the life of a reckless junkie eventually grows tedious.
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