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Woody a jazz... Svižně to odsípá, nechybí tu Allenova hravost a ten konec je opravdu dojemný. No, já si nemůžu pomoci, ale mně se to fakt líbilo, a to více než většina "pravdivých" životopisných snímků - postava je možná fiktivní, ale tenhle biografický film funguje jako skutečný film. A bod za hudbu. 9/10 (02.07.2011)

Český název je neuvěřitelně výstižný a tenhle film se Woodymu neuvěřitelně povedl. Že by to bylo tím, že je tak zapálený fanoušek jazzu ? :-) Mimochodem, hudební čísla jsou úžasná, asi si půjdu koupit nějakou jazzovou nahrávku. A na Seanovi Pennovi je vidět, jak moc si tuhle roli užil, v mém žebříčku oblíbených herců se zas posunul o stupínek výš. (10.09.2005)

Nosí brýle, miluje New York, třicátá léta, jazz a osudy ztroskotanců - tak to sedí! Ocenění : Oscar 1999 - nominace: hlavní herec (S. Penn), vedlejší herečka (S. Morton) Zlaté glóby - nominace: herec v komedii/muzikálu (S. Penn), vedlejší herečka (S. Morton) London Critics Circle Film Awards - vedlejší herečka (S. Morton) .....Scénář : Woody Allen. Kamera : Zhao Fei. Hudba : Dick Hyman. První píseň ve filmu je „When Day is Done" od Django Reihardta. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdJT89yZPvw (22.05.2011)

Sweet and Lowdown, alebo historky z jazzových klubov v New York city podľa Woody Allena. ... If you are a student of jazz history, you are aware that Emmet Ray -- the subject of Woody Allens "Sweet and Lowdown" -- really existed. And not only did he exist, Emmet resembled many of the jazz musicians of the 1940s. At one point in his career he lived off the money earned by a couple of prostitutes, a practice not unheard of in jazz circles beginning with Buddy Bolden and Jelly Roll Morton. However, these jazz musicians prefer the term "manager" to the phrase pimp. Like many jazz legends, Emmet was an anti-hero, but his guitar playing -- makes up for his multitude of sins. Emmet was also a traveler who not only toured America but has played extensively in Europe. The guitarist lived at a time when jazzmen first traversed the country, spreading consciousness of jazz even to American audiences who were beyond the modest reach of radio and recordings. This original American art form not only spread across the country but to Europe in the 20s and 30s. The way was paved by such men as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington who were welcomed enthusiastically when they appeared on the other side of the Atlantic Armstrong in 1932 and Ellington in 1933. The audience for these giant talents included foreign musicians who modeled themselves after the American originators. Many Europeans played on a high level but only one became a major influence on American jazzmen -- the gypsy guitarist, Django Reinhardt. In Paris, Reinhardt and violinist Stephan Grappelli founded the Quintet of the Hot Club of France in 1934. Bringing his romantic, bittersweet gypsy ethos to the American jazz with which he had fallen in love, Django created an original sound and style. Though little is known about the life of Emmet Ray (few photographs and recordings exist today), the Woody Allen film attempted quite enthusiastically to capture the spirit of Emmet Ray -- and that of the crazy world of jazz -- on celluoid forever. Dirk Dickens, Encyclopedia of Obscure Jazz Artists (Mirage Press) (21.08.2012)

Pro Woodyho Allena docela netradiční film. Sean Penn je opravdu brilantní ("poď na skládku střílet potkany") a Uma sexy a Samantha Morton podala svojí postavu opravdu megasympaticky. Woody to tentokrát vzal z trochu jiného soudku a výsledek je super. A kdyby se vám nelíbil film tak ta hudba v něm vás přesvědčí. (09.11.2005)