Sweet and Lowdown

2000 • 91 minutes

About this movie

Sean Penn, Samantha Morton and Uma Thurman star in this Oscar nominated comedy drama focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmet Ray. Ray is an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world. We follow Ray's life: bouts of getting drunk; his bizarre hobbies of shooting rats and watching passing trains; his dreams of love, fame and fortune; his strange obsession with the better-known guitarist Django Reinhardt; and of course, playing his beautiful music.

Ratings and reviews

Great movie - especially if you love irony. It’s too bad it’s impossible to watch. I’d love to be able to buy it somehow.

best movie ever watched over and over again