The Jazz Singer (1980) Reviews & Ratings

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The Jazz Singer reviews

The Jazz Singer holds a 5.9/10 average from 75 TMDB ratings.

Very disappointing. The main character, Jess Robin, is a self-centered and apathetic individual who walks out on his wife (telling her that he would only be gone for two weeks) to pursue a recording contract. He does not return home and instead quickly takes up with his agent, Molly, who he moves in with after telling his wife that he no longer wants a life as a canter. He shows no emotion toward her or anything tha…
— MK40

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

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