Akito HirataReview - My Blueberry Nights
January 20th 2009 06:41
Norah Jones is Elizabeth, a woman who discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her. She seeks solace in a café owned by Jeremy (Jude Law) before heading off on a road trip to personal discovery. The café and the pie from which the title is taken bookends the movie but it is the middle scenes where the movie comes to life albeit in a somewhat dreamlike state.
The movie offers nothing new in terms of the plot and the overall movie does have a slightly disjointed feel. And while it is also a little slow at times, a number of the scenes and moments captured in the movie were so beautifully captivating, they almost made you forget about the overall clumsiness of the movie as a whole. The scenes with Rachel Weisz and David Strathairn as estranged husband and wife gave the movie its strength in terms of casting. Natalie Portman portrays Leslie a young gambler with great spunk and conviction and both Leslie and Elizabeth soon learn that their polar personalities can help each other to grow in some way.
Visually stunning, as predicted in a film by Wong Kar Wai, it offers more than a standard girly flick or road trip movie but like the pie, not as substantial as one would hope.
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Comment by Linh
Celluloid Fun
I also have been wanting to see this for ages.
It's Wong Kar Wai's first English language film and non-kung fu/Cantonese action movie.
I'm interested to see how Norah Jones performed also.
Great review! I wonder if it's available on DVD yet?
Cheers!
Comment by Michelle Sweeney
Competition Queen
Norah Jones - was good - but not great. Not sure whether it was the acting or the script which let her down. Maybe a combination of both.
Let me know what you think if you do manage to see it.