Born to Be Blue 2015 Watch Free in HD

The film is a semi-factual, semi-fictional re-imagining of jazz legend Chet Baker (Ethan Hawke)'s musical comeback in the late '60s while Chet Baker begins a romance with an actress (Carmen Ejogo).

Genre:

Musical, Drama, Biography

Actors:

Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Tony Nappo, Stephen McHattie, Janet-Laine Green, Dan Lett, Kedar Brown, Kevin Hanchard, Tony Nardi, Barbara Mamabolo, ...»

Director:

Robert Budreau

Country:

United States, United Kingdom

Release:

2015

IMDb:

6.8

Quality:

Duration:

97 min

Seattle Times

The film draws you deeply into Baker's fantasy world, to the point that the entreaty of his famous recording, "Let's Get Lost," almost seems like a good idea.

April 07, 2016

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Japan Times

For casual fans or people who have yet to encounter Baker, Born To Be Blue is a good place to start, perfectly encapsulating the fragility and self-destructive urges that underlined his uniquely beautiful and melancholic music.

November 23, 2016

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Born to Be Blue doesn't pretend to have all the answers. What it does have - in addition to an immersive performance from Ethan Hawke as the cool-cat jazz man - is an emotional understanding of who Baker was, or may have been.

April 10, 2016

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Times (UK)

Born to be Blue is perhaps a too-clever fictionalised take on the life of the jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, although Ethan Hawke's performance as the musician is as compelling as it is painful.

October 10, 2016

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tonymacklin.net

What makes Born to be Blue a special film is the phenomenal performance of Ethan Hawke as the addled, wounded Baker.

December 05, 2016

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National Newspaper Publishers Association

After the movie, don't be surprised if you find yourself downloading or streaming his music. If you do you will be struck by the haunting similarities of his sound and those from this very evocative and inventive film.

November 08, 2016

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Boston Globe

When Hawke's Baker finally slips out of the whiney loser persona and performs "My Funny Valentine," the scene evokes Baker's elusive melancholy and wistful torment, making the earlier fumblings worth the struggle.

April 07, 2016

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Financial Times

Ejogo makes vivid work of that dread device, the composite character. Hawke, film-star handsome but unable to match the ruined angel looks of his alter-ego, still manages to summon up his lost-boy charisma.

December 27, 2016

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Flavorwire

Lord know we don't need another biopic of a troubled but brilliant musician, but writer/director Robert Budreau dives into the psychology of a figure like Baker with a depth that such films rarely muster.

November 17, 2016

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Time Out

Hawke portrays Baker as a little boy lost: selfish, sweet, insecure, arrogant, impossible to live with.

July 25, 2016

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