If you gonna tell a story, come with some attitude
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Michael Stuhlbarg, Keith Stanfield, Emayatzy Corinealdi |
Director |
Don Cheadle |
Screenplay | Steven Baigelman, Don Cheadle, Stepehn J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson |
Music | Robert Glasper |
Cinematography | Roberto Schaefer |
Editing | John Axelrad, Kayla Emter |
Sound formats | |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2015 |
Produced by | Bitfrost Pictures, Crescendo Productions, Naked City Films, Sobini Films |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Drama |
Language | Strong impact, frequent |
Nudity | Mild impact, brief and infrequent |
Sex | None |
Violence | Moderate impact, frequent |
Prejudice | Mild impact, infrequent |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None (sic) |
Comments | |
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Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 16 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Not a sour note in ode to Davis. | 15 | |
Cape Times David Rooney The Prince of Darkness. | 10 | |
ScreenIt Jim Judy As an overall offering, I found it okay, but at no point did any of it blow me away. | 10 | |
Metacritic.com 38 critics | 15 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 145 critics | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Miles Ahead is worth watching for Don Cheadle&rquot;s strong work on both sides of the camera, even if this unconventional biopic doesn&rquot;t quite capture its subject&rquot;s timeless appeal. | 15 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 14 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Cheadle shines in dark, labor-of-love biopic of Miles Davis. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 16 users | 14 | |
Rottentomatoes users 5064 users | 14 | |
Internet 1347 Netizens Solid enough | 14 | |
Average .. 68% | 14 |