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  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 1 h 48 m

Summary Blue Like Jazz follows a devout 19-year-old college student as he impulsively transfers to one of the most liberal schools in America. His new surroundings force him to confront some previously held biases and decide what it is that he truly believes. (Roadside Attractions)

Directed By: Steve Taylor

Written By: Donald Miller, Ben Pearson, Steve Taylor

  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • Roadside Attractions
  • 1 h 48 m

Blue Like Jazz

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
48
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
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Summary Blue Like Jazz follows a devout 19-year-old college student as he impulsively transfers to one of the most liberal schools in America. His new surroundings force him to confront some previously held biases and decide what it is that he truly believes. (Roadside Attractions)

Directed By: Steve Taylor

Written By: Donald Miller, Ben Pearson, Steve Taylor

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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36% Positive
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14% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
48
36% Positive
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50% Mixed
7 Reviews
14% Negative
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83
Apr 11, 2012
For all its low-key charms, the coming-of-age story risks being too Christian for secular audiences and too secular and colorful for Christian audiences: Like its spiritual seeker of a protagonist, it's caught between worlds.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 19, 2012
Just earnest enough to blend its religious theme with a beer-chugging hero for a surprisingly contemporary look at faith.
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 User Ratings
6.3
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25% Mixed
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6.3
58% Positive
7 Ratings
25% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Grimmster
Feb 1, 2023
Blue like jazz is one of the best Christian movies I've ever seen (The only Christian movie I've seen is this one). I really enjoyed the film and I enjoy Steve Taylor's other works in the musical industry.
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thrushjz
Apr 16, 2012
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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63
Apr 10, 2012
Blue Like Jazz charts a typical existential coming-of-age tale, yet remains atypical by being hip while also treating religion fairly.
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50
Apr 12, 2012
It does give believers and those tottering on the edge something to chew on, and it steadfastly refuses to demonize everybody else.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 9, 2012
Remains as tame in its presentation as its target audience would expect. Students drink beers on occasion, but no one is shown having sex, taking mind-altering substances or using language that would jeopardize a PG-13 rating. On the plus side, the film also abstains from any overt message-mongering.
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40
Apr 12, 2012
Through it all Mr. Allman, who played the skeevy Tommy on "True Blood," is a pleasant presence but blank. And Don's crisis of faith, which should be the movie's core and engine, is never really convincing. It's spelled out but dramatically inert, lost among the yuks of the Reed kookiness.
By Rachel Saltz FULL REVIEW
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Apr 10, 2012
The movie adaptation's version of religion may be more nuanced than the usual Left Behind fire-and-brimstone sermonizing you find in much contemporary pro-Christian cinema, but it still leaves behind a sulfuric stink.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
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White_Insane
Aug 19, 2012
Score of 4 well the movie should be drama/comedy but in fact it was just a "biography-like-part" where the student is searching for himself in the college. Comedy part, I giggled 2 times that was it, drama? Almost no drama at all. Very slow development of the movie I wouldn't recommend this to anyone I'm almost sorry I wasted my time...
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TheDocIsIn
Apr 6, 2014
This movie is chock full of offensive stereotypes: Trailer trash Rabid hypocritical Christians Crazy liberals Druggie students party all the time Atheists must have had trauma in their childhood The situations are implausible, relationships are unbelievable, and it's conclusion is trite and unbelievable. I cannot recommend this film. You must have better things to do with your time.
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Production Company Ruckus Films
Release Date Apr 13, 2012
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Everybody belongs somewhere.
Website http://www.bluelikejazzthemovie.com/
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