Mo' Better Blues

Like all Lee’s film, Mo’ Better Blues is a real ensemble piece, and the standard of the performances is uniformly excellent...

...the film has a beauty, grace and energy all the same.

...a funny, moody jazz picture that focuses more on relationships and character.

He is, first and foremost, a musician — and, like so many of his ilk, he's a closed circuit, a full-time connoisseur of the sounds in his head (and the clamorings of his libido).