What genre is Sweet and Lowdown? Is it a mockumentary? Is that what Zelig is? (What's Scoop, come to that? A supernatural comedy thriller?) It's a bit like William Boyd's Nat Tate - making a wholly fictional character appear real by mixing in credible fact. In essence though, it's really a relationship drama about mute but Sweet Samantha Morton bringing out the emotion in egocentric and dodgy Lowdown guitarist Sean Penn - they're both fabulous.
With all its period detail, looks like a bigger budget than usual. And as usual, feels like you've watched a film longer than an hour and a half - the opposite of the Scorsese effect, with its interjections and plot twists. Most of the fabulous guitar music is covered by Howard Alden and band.
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