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Sweet and Lowdown
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71/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 57, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 81.
See the most agreed on films →The story of Emmet Ray, the second-greatest guitarist in the world (according to himself) in the 1930s. A brilliant musician but a hopelessly irresponsible womanizer and petty criminal, his life is a series of chaotic escapades until he meets a mute laundress who sees the good in him, complicating his carefree existence.
Details
- Director
- Woody Allen
- Writer
- Woody Allen
- Released
- 3 December 1999
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $29.8M
- Box office
- $4.5M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 2 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| 72nd Academy Awards 2000 | Best Supporting Actress | Samantha Morton | Nominee |
| 72nd Academy Awards 2000 | Best Actor | Sean Penn | Nominee |
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2 awards — Sweet and Lowdown
×| Best Actor | Sean Penn | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Samantha Morton | Nominee |