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Simply Perfect

A Disappointing Continuation

A different way of telling a story

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

One of the best movies about jazz musicians out there. And jazz musicians make a movie so good. Whitaker is a particular talent. The bromance was real fine. The relationship between the three of them was fine too. Bringing in real musicians toward the end made it live and breathe.Problem: Can't get hold of the movie. Got a video tape after much searching. Where did you guys access it?

I found this movie to be esoteric and not available to the human condition of love and relationships. It is involved with ego, only. Tell this writer to get a grip on reality and relationships. a dying musician is all the heart this movie has. I feel nothing. The cast can be stellar, but not in this movie. I think that don cheadle is fantastic as are the other stars. They did the best they could under the circumstances. The producer was great, the writing less than agreeable. Was something missing? Perhaps the heart and soul of the writer?Really great producing and acting, but the story leaves a lot to be desired. a bomb.

Lush Life is a fairly standard buddy movie (with Forest Whitaker and Jeff Goldblum), but this time the buddies are interesting people and have talent. There's also a slight "cherchez la femme" subplot, but it adds to the story instead of distracting from it. Kathy Baker does a wonderful job of proving her character's importance to the story without taking (too much) away from the interactions between Goldblum and Whitaker, two jazz musicians each facing their share of turning points in each of their lives.The music is what kept me interested. Each of the principals has a big-name jazz stand-in, and the voice and virtuoso playing of the stand-ins practically steal the movie. I love classic jazz; if you do, too, see -- and, more important, listen to -- Lush Life.P.S. If anyone knows whether a soundtrack album exists, or even a few CDs where I can find the tunes, please let me know.

I really enjoyed this movie. You could call this a "slice-of-life" movie, the kind of movie that I usually hate, so why did this one work?Reason one: Great stars. The three leads, Jeff Goldblum, Forest Whitaker, and Kathy Baker are three of my favorites. I've seen Jeff and Forest mis-cast in some bad movies, so it does my heart good to see them in roles where they seem to slip into their characters so easily. Forest's earlier experience in Clint Eastwood's Bird (a movie I did not enjoy) may have been useful here. The shots of Goldblum playing the sax made it look like he was really playing it. Kathy Baker can do it all. Her natural sweetness comes through in every performance. The script was probably written with younger actors in mind, and would have worked better, but Goldblum here at 41 and Baker at 43, manage to convince us they are a thirty-something Bohemian couple still working out their life plan.Reason two: Great supporting cast. Don Cheadle and Lois Chiles head a supporting cast where all the performances are spot-on.Reason three: Great music.Reason four: good dialog.This is a low-key, warm and fuzzy movie you don't have to think too hard about.