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Rating: 6/10 (6 August 2011)

When Sean Penn embodies any sort of psycho or sociopath, you know he'll do good. Under the direction of Woody Allen, Sean Penn gives life to Emmet Ray, supposed to be the best guitar player of his time, around the 30's. Emmet lives haunted by one Django, who he believes to be way better than himself, fainting every time he makes visual contact with him. Travelling around the states for money, he eventually meets Hattie (Samantha Morton), a mute girl somewhere around his age, very simple but also quite dumb girl. A not quite mutual relationship begins but only took a couple years for Hattie to wake up with a letter on the bedside table. Emmet had gone. Living like an artist, another woman gets his attention, this time she ain't mute but isn't very smart, still. Blanche (Uma Thurman), has this habit of writing everything that comes to her mind and annoys Emmet for talking too much. Emmet ends up marrying her anyway. I interpreted his marriage to be some sort of regret for leaving Hattie, later in the movie you may understand why. As you see the story ain't the most interesting. The interviews that putted in between scenes don't work out well. Sean Penn is good and Samantha Mortonwas very cool. The music is also very cool. Woody Allen could have surely done it better. 6/10