Jazz lovers go crazy

Rating: 9/10 (23 January 2015)

My heart was racing, I felt an urge to just get up and clap until my hands bleed. That was me, 2 seconds after a black screen ended one of the most satisfying and thrilling experiences I've had.
The writing, witty, Simmons's and Teller's acting is... Excellent, so as to not lose myself in descriptions. The plot has a fresh feeling to it. I don't feel like I've seen this story before with different characters, or anything like it, to be honest. The Hero's Journey is definitely not present here.
The cinematography has a sense of humor to it, the writing is great, the acting, superb. Everything in this peace of art was carefully executed. BUT, all those qualities were overshadowed, at least for me, by the soundtrack. It felt like Buddy Rich and Dave Brubeck were playing for me. More than once I've caught myself syncopating to the songs. My ears were grateful for the pleasure of listening to such good, tasteful music. To my awe, the soundtrack feels more organic and integrated than in Tarantino's work.
I spent the next 10 hours after watching the movie drinking a good beer and listening to Dave Brubeck, Yoko Kanno & The Seatbelts ("Odd Ones" matches perfectly the movie's ambiance).
I've always denied the existence of such thing as a "favorite movie", but, I got to say. THIS is my favorite movie.