A Jazzman's Blues

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A Jazzman's Blues

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2022

2h 7m

Drama

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A sweeping tale of forbidden love, A JAZZMAN'S BLUES unspools forty years of secrets and lies soundtracked by juke joint blues in the deep South.

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Dwight Brown

DwightBrownInk.com

Sep 28, 2022

3.5/4

Perry has accomplished tonally, artistically and dramatically all he needed to do with this rich melodrama. No wrinkles. No mistakes.

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Leah Greenblatt

Entertainment Weekly

Sep 23, 2022

B-

[Perry] has a way of making even the most telegraphed twists and overheated dialogue ring with conviction, a consummate entertainer to the end.

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

Sep 23, 2022

3/4

A Jazzman’s Blues proves that when Perry applies himself in a particular fashion, his work can stand entirely on its own.

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Shanelle Genai

The Root

Oct 13, 2023

2.5/5

That’s not to say that I wasn’t still hesitant or had certain reservations going in. But it is to say that even for someone as annoyingly predictable as Perry, it’s still always possible to be surprised.

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Damon Wise

Deadline Hollywood Daily

Sep 25, 2023

A Jazzman’s Blues might be better seen with remote in hand, like a Sunday afternoon cable rerun of one of the classy ’50s melodramas it channels with great technical and music credits but whose intelligence and sophistication it can’t quite replicate.

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Kevin Bourne

SHIFTER

Jul 19, 2023

While Tyler Perry is known for over-the-top drama in his TV shows, A Jazzman’s Blues delivers the kind of drama that pulls at your heart strings and immerses you into the story.

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Feleshia J

@Feleshiaj Feb 24, 2026

Really enjoyed this movie.

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Gaby B

@RT13031010 May 3, 2025

**SPOILERS AHEAD** Like most of TP's most recent movies, the acting saves it. Everything else is a let down. The movie is 2 hours long and yet it feels like rarely anything is properly developed. Bayou and Lil Ann's romance happens so fast (which idk if that was done in the 40s) and the letters, while endearing sometimes, took away from the journey as a watcher cause I wanted to just watch the relationship progress and deepen on my own without Bayou's narration of it spelling it all out for us. The ending was disappointing. You mean to tell me Leanna didn't tell her own son about her father for all of these years? and he just..goes to sit down on his porch after? Why is Hattie Mae the one giving him the letters? It feels like a cheap surprise ending. I feel like this movie would've been much better as a fight for justice with a love story strewn in. I will give TP his credit: he does dramatic scenes very well because Bayou's death is haunting.

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Apr 4, 2024

Nice music and 1940s story.

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bryan m

@RT97114384 Sep 21, 2023

I stopped at 3.5 stars just because 4 and up seems like the best of the best to me. This movie was very good though. Good story, good acting and I always love a film set in the deep south. One thing I didn't like was when Miss Leann came back somehow only a few years later there were people who did not recognize her as the same girl, Bucket, they knew before??

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Mike D

@RT00761219 Sep 11, 2023

Music for a start! Great music..but would expect a period film to also adhere to something thats in keeping to the timeline. Opening first 6 mins, it's 1926 , sugar shack barn playing jazz from the 50's So music out of sync. Script totally predicable. Nice photography and locations. But ultimately a poor film

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Mar 12, 2023

Great story, emotional captivating

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A sweeping tale of forbidden love, A JAZZMAN'S BLUES unspools forty years of secrets and lies soundtracked by juke joint blues in the deep South.

Director: Tyler Perry
Producer: Tyler Perry
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Tyler Perry Studios
Rating: R (Rape|Language|Brief Sexuality|Some Drug Use|Violent Images)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 16, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 23, 2022
Runtime: 2h 7m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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