A Jazzman's Blues

"A Jazzman’s Blues proves that when Perry applies himself in a particular fashion, his work can stand entirely on its own."

"Jazzman isn’t just good for a Tyler Perry movie. It’s good full stop."

"A Jazzman’s Blues is packed with outsize emotions, but also grand themes."

"The film is a more serious-minded version of Perry’s usual burlesques, with beautiful music. But it’s still Tyler Perry."

"A Jazzman’s Blues is business as usual for Perry, holding fast to his brand of overheated contrivance..."

"Good intentions and good music are not enough to make something a good movie."

"Notwithstanding the embellishments, this undoubtedly remains a Tyler Perry film — occasionally for better, but often for worse."

"Jazzman is sometimes an unwieldy and awkward movie, but never a bad one."

"A Jazzman’s Blues has the aging-fine-wine feel of something deep, rich, tangy, and earthy."

"With A Jazzman’s Blues, Tyler Perry proves himself to be, more than anything, a reliable auteur of serviceable melodramas."