this film follow the life of a great guitar player and who want to make it big but act irresponsibly almost to the point of self destruction . i be expect the usual woody allen witty dialog and sarcasm and humour and but sweet and lowdown fail to provide any . the main character and emmet ray and be an egocentric and rude and irresponsible and hurtful man . he be so unlikeable and that i do not want to now about him and or care about him . i wonder why a film about him have to be make . the pacing of the story be slow and make the film a terrible bore . even sean penn great act fails to revive the film to a watchable level . i like woody allen film a lot and but sweet and lowdown be a major disappointment .