Clint Eastwood directs Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora and Michael Zelniker in this biopic about the troubled life and career of jazz musician Charlie Parker.

Another one off the bucket list. Often a drag as even two hours in it’s hard to tell where in the discombobulated timeline we are. There are many quality elements about this production (acting, music, grand period detail) but it rarely connects with you as a viewer. I genuinely asked myself “Is that it?” after almost three hours.

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