Miles Ahead

If you gonna tell a story, come with some attitude

Set back in the 1970s, this biopic about the famouse jazz musician Mile Davis takes a look at his five dark years. Alone and holed up in his home, he is beset by chronic pain from a deteriorating hip, his musical voice stifled and numbed by drugs and pain medications, his mind haunted by unsettling ghosts from the past.

100 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence, Drug abuse).
Biographical, Drama, Musical, Romance, On the art circuit

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Credits

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
SA distributor	Ster-Kinekor
Made in	2015
Produced by	Bitfrost Pictures, Crescendo Productions, Naked City Films, Sobini Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

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)
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

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

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 16 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

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