Blue Like Jazz

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Blue Like Jazz

PG-13,

2012,

1h 46m,

Drama

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A college student (Marshall Allman) seeks escape from his evangelical upbringing by transferring to a progressive school in Portland, Ore.

Nell Minow

Beliefnet

Apr 19, 2012

B+

The vocabulary of faith should not be the exclusive property of one small subset of believers; it is heartening to watch a movie that makes that point with such grace.

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Scott Bowles

USA Today

Apr 13, 2012

2.5/4

Just earnest enough to blend its religious theme with a beer-chugging hero for a surprisingly contemporary look at faith.

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Eric D. Snider

Film.com

Apr 13, 2012

C

The film's heart is in the right place; it just can't make the rest of its parts function smoothly.

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Ed Travis

Hollywood Jesus

Apr 1, 2020

Blue Like Jazz is probably the best Christian film I have ever seen and it manages to leave behind many of the shackles that have held back lots of other films with a Christian message.

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Al Alexander

The Patriot Ledger

May 26, 2013

C-

Sodom and Gomorrah are paradoxically brought back to life in the form of an Oregon-based liberal-arts college in this Christian recruiting video.

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Simon Foster

sbs.com.au

Apr 4, 2013

Blue Like Jazz certainly breaks the mould in terms what audiences have come to expect from spiritual cinema, but it refuses to take the necessary leap required to fully redefine mainstream audiences' perception of this niche genre.

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Kylo S

Nov 6, 2018

This film was almost good.

Leia R

Aug 18, 2018

What constitutes a movie as a "Christian film?" This narrative doesn't even have a moment where the Gospel is explained, and in fact, is quite brutal on religion as a whole. Unfortunately, nobody is going to see this question-provoking, answer-withholding film: non-believers will lump this in with other Christian propoganda, and believers don't want to see a movie where religion is attacked, sex is secularly represented, and words like "shit" are tossed around.

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Synopsis

A college student (Marshall Allman) seeks escape from his evangelical upbringing by transferring to a progressive school in Portland, Ore.

Director: Steve Taylor
Producer: J. Clarke Gallivan, Steve Taylor, Coke Sams
Screenwriter: Donald Miller, Ben Pearson, Steve Taylor
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: Ruckus Films
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|Drug and Alcohol Content|Sexuality|Mature Thematic Material)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 13, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 7, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $594.9K
Runtime: 1h 46m

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