6.8
Score
Budget$10M
Box office$16.2M
LanguageEN
CountriesUnited States of America
Mo' Better Blues
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
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Mo' Better Blues · 1990
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