Ethan Hawke gives an honest performance that showcase his must endearing qualities as a fine thespian. He’s portrait of Chet Baker is impressive. Hawke and Cameron Ejogo who plays his girlfriend in the film have a lot of chemistry between the two of them, which is good because the movie center is on both of them greatly. Her role is more of a mixture of many women Chet seem to be able to attract, which only makes her performance more important, and she goes from being a co-worker in a movie about his life to his love interest, the mother of his child, and most importantly in the music keeps him going and inspires him to kick his drug habit in order to get better and play better. And it was a well told story about drug addiction. It is an honest look about an insecure man who could not function properly without heroin in his system. Truly a masterpiece in cinema when you can tell a fantastically interesting story in a motion picture that does not use Hollywood clichés.