Sweet and Lowdown

Rating: 6/10 (4 March 2020)

Emmet Ray (Penn) is a famous 30s Jazz guitarist with little regard for anyone else. He meets Samantha Morton, a mute girl who falls in love with him.
Oozing immense charm, this is a small, gentle film made all the more watchable by the 2 lead performances. Ray is not a particularly likeable character but Penn somehow makes him attractive and fun to watch with Morton giving a tour de force show stealing performance, without of course any dialogue.
Very sweet.