Rotten
The Jazz Singer has so many things wrong with it that a review threatens to become a list.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Jazz Singer
His story will make you cry. His music will make you sing. His triumph will make you cheer.
1980 · 1h 55m · PG
Drama, Music, Romance
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Overview
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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19%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Mr. Diamond, looking glum and seldom making eye contact with anyone, isn't enough of a focus for the outmoded story.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Richard Fleischer's direction is appropriately close-in and small, and Diamond himself, while no actor, proves to be a commandingly intense, brooding presence.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The most cautious soft-rock superstar movie debut you'll ever get to see.
Time Out
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