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Posted: 7/27/13 at 2:53pm
There's only so many traumas a person can withstand until they take the streets and start screaming.
Cate Blanchett is fricking brilliant in this movie!! There is barely a scene in the film that doesn't revolve around her, and that is a very good thing. Basically Blue Jasmine tracks the downward spiral of our heroine's descent into depression, anxiety, pill-popping, madness, booze and delusion until she circles the drain one too many times and can't pull herself back up again.
This is a much more serious entry in the Woody Allen canon; it's more in line with Crimes and Misdemeanors and Hannah and Her Sisters than his recent comedies. Of course both C&M and Hannah were large ensemble pieces with multiple storylines woven together. Blue Jasmine is all about Cate.
That's not to say the supporting cast doesn't shine though. Bobby Cannavale is excellent as is Sally Hawkins. They share a great scene in a supermarket, and I loved whenever he got to interact with Blanchett.
There is a nice twist in the story in that I didn't see coming, and overall the script is nicely constructed. Naturally there are going to be some one-liners, but it's nice to be reminded that there's more than that in Allen's repertoire.
Don't show up at the last minute if you want to see it. There was a line out on the street waiting to get into the showing after mine (I went to City Cinemas).
Cate Blanchett is fricking brilliant in this movie!! There is barely a scene in the film that doesn't revolve around her, and that is a very good thing. Basically Blue Jasmine tracks the downward spiral of our heroine's descent into depression, anxiety, pill-popping, madness, booze and delusion until she circles the drain one too many times and can't pull herself back up again.
This is a much more serious entry in the Woody Allen canon; it's more in line with Crimes and Misdemeanors and Hannah and Her Sisters than his recent comedies. Of course both C&M and Hannah were large ensemble pieces with multiple storylines woven together. Blue Jasmine is all about Cate.
That's not to say the supporting cast doesn't shine though. Bobby Cannavale is excellent as is Sally Hawkins. They share a great scene in a supermarket, and I loved whenever he got to interact with Blanchett.
There is a nice twist in the story in that I didn't see coming, and overall the script is nicely constructed. Naturally there are going to be some one-liners, but it's nice to be reminded that there's more than that in Allen's repertoire.
Don't show up at the last minute if you want to see it. There was a line out on the street waiting to get into the showing after mine (I went to City Cinemas).
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
