Jamojaya

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Jamojaya

2023

1h 30m

Drama

Music

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79%

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19 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A rapper with a rising career hires a United States manager and label to take over from his father, who has been steering everything to date.

Dwight Brown

DwightBrownInk.com

02/10/2023

2.5/4

The first 45 minutes seem slow. The last 15 reward audiences for their patience.

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

02/03/2023

Chon's most soulful and calibrated film yet. It proves how his urge to explore the deepest pains of his heartfelt characters can be sublime when pitched at the right volume.

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Angie Han

The Hollywood Reporter

01/27/2023

Powerful performances anchor a messy family drama.

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

11/22/2023

Jamojaya, the latest melodrama from one of the best currently working melodramatists, Justin Chon (Gook, Blue Bayou), returns to the subject matter of family, which has dominated much of his oeuvre.

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

04/23/2023

6

In the end, as the sum of its individual elements, “Jamojaya” definitely ends up on the positive side, particularly due to its visuals and overall atmosphere, that allows it to rise beyond its shortcomings.

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Therese Lacson

Collider

02/02/2023

C+

Jamojaya is at its weakest when it pushes its music industry storyline to the forefront and the family drama into the background. But Imanuel and Unru's performances are enough to give this film praise.

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Synopsis

A rapper with a rising career hires a United States manager and label to take over from his father, who has been steering everything to date.

Director: Justin Chon
Producer: Alan Pao, Justin Chon, David Matheny, Joseph Dang, Alex Chi, Yamato Cibulka, Shaun Sanghani
Screenwriter: Justin Chon, Maegan Houang
Production Co: 88rising, Tunnel Post, Stars Collective Films Entertainment Group, Island Film Group
Genre: Drama, Music
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 30m