Just not my thing

Rating: 3/10 (30 May 2014)

During the Great Depression, Emmett Ray (Sean Penn) is arguably the second best jazz guitarist in the world who is in awe of the best jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. He's also a bad pimp, likes to shoot rats at the dump, and generally a bad human being. He connects with the lovely mute Hattie (Samantha Morton). He verbally abuses her constantly. Then he runs off on her. He meets and marries Blanche Williams (Uma Thurman).
There are a lot of things I don't particularly like in this movie. I don't like Woody Allen's style of mockumentary. I don't find it funny whereas others like Christopher Guest do it better. I don't like jazz. I don't care about much of the music here. I really don't like Emmett Ray. I find him an annoying jerk. I really can't stand him. After Hattie disappeared from the movie, it becomes unwatchable to me. She's the only truly fascinating character in the movie. This is a well made Woody Allen movie. It's just not my thing.