The Jazz Singer (1927)
"Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You."
ThumbScore
👍 79%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 72%
(RT: 78%, MC: 66) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Al Jolson as Jakie Rabinowitz
May McAvoy as Mary Dale
Warner Oland as Cantor Rabinowitz
Eugenie Besserer as Sara Rabinowitz
Otto Lederer as Moisha Yudelson
Robert Gordon as Young Jakie Rabinowitz
Richard Tucker as Harry Lee
Yossele Rosenblatt as Cantor Rosenblatt
Is The Jazz Singer good?
Most people think so. 79% audience score, estimated from 259 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 72%.
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Overview
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical. Wikipedia ↗
