Born to Be Blue

Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.

Cast

Ethan Hawke

as Chet Baker

Carmen Ejogo

as Jane/Elaine

Callum Keith Rennie

as Dick

Stephen McHattie

as Dad

Janet-Laine Green

as Mom

Tony Nappo

as Officer Reid

Janine Theriault

as Florence

Tony Nardi

as Nicholas

Katie Boland

as Sarah

Dan Lett

as Danny Friedman

Reviews

Reno

> Behind this man's success there was a woman and other things. This is not a bad semi-biographical music-drama with a little romance in it, but many of us have no idea of its existence because it is not a Hollywood. For me it was just an above average, because of the first 30 minutes. In those n...

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