Variety
A biopic that rejects typical genre conventions to the point of chasing itself down lame, tangential paths.
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Miles Ahead
Don Cheadle leads his own directorial feature debut, a dramatic biography of jazz legend Miles Davis. Co-stars Ewan McGregor.
"[A] portrait of Davis, refracted through his crazy days in the late '70s. Holed up in his Manhattan apartment, wracked with pain from a variety of ailments and sweating for the next check from his record company, dodging sycophants and industry executives, he is haunted by memories of old glories and humiliations and of his years with his great love Frances Taylor (Emayatzy Corinealdi). Every second of Cheadle's cinematic mosaic is passionately engaged with its subject." (New York Film Festival)
Less2015Rating: M, Violence, offensive language, drug use, sex scenes & nudity101 minsUSA
DramaMusicTrue Story & Biography
Miles Ahead | Reviews
Urban Cinefile
Like the improvised nature of jazz, Don Cheadle's biopic about Miles Davis brings a syncopated view on the legendary musician and trumpet player's life as it scats around his turbulent life.
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Time Out
Cheadle is so good as the cryptic Davis that you wonder if a more traditionally structured biojazz picture à la Ray or Bird might have been a better showcase for what's obviously a passion project.
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The Washington Post
Cheadle, in his feature directorial debut, controls the tone like a veteran.
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The New York Times
Purists may howl, but they'll also miss the pleasure and point of this playfully impressionistic movie.
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The Guardian
Cheadle’s got the cred, and the period evocation is tremendous. It’s just that I’m not sure he has all that much to say.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Cheadle privileges the music in a way that shows his love and admiration for its creator. He has tried to make a movie that Davis would have liked, something with attitude and intelligence. On that level, Miles Ahead is a beautiful thing.
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Los Angeles Times
Cheadle's performance ... stands tall in all of this, even when the plot contrivances start to pile up like so much disposable material.
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Little White Lies
A movie that's often as sharp as you'd hope, yet whose weirdly off-key centre stands out like an uncharacteristic cracked note in an otherwise controlled, expressive solo.
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Hollywood Reporter
In Cheadle's fully inhabited characterization, he nails the subject's soft, nicotine-scratched rasp and his eccentric irritability and paranoia with discerning understatement.
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Empire Magazine
A largely inventive and energetic portrayal of a past-their-prime music legend that’s let down by its unnecessary trad biopic beats.
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Miles Ahead is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Prime Video and Apple TV.