Monday, August 26, 2013

Blue Jasmine 2013


Blue Jasmine     Ginger has a small apartment in San Francisco, she has two boys and a boyfriend, Chili.  She works as a checker and stocker in a small local market and Chili is a mechanic.  They were planning on Chili moving into the apartment.  Ginger is divorced from Augie and he will be leaving the area soon to work on a pipeline in Alaska.  Jasmine lives in New York with her husband Hal and they have a son, Danny.  Jasmine learns Hal has been cheating on her for a very long time and he tells her he is leaving her for one of the women.  Jasmine and Hal are very wealthy, they lose everything, Hal goes to jail and he commits suicide.  Jasmine had a mental breakdown and she comes to San Francisco to live with her sister Ginger until she gets on her feet.
     This is excellent, the casting, scenery of San Francisco and New York, acting and the storyline.  Cate Blanchett does a wonderful performance in the lead role.  She’s hanging onto everything just by a thread at all times.  Sally Hawkins is perfectly opposite from Cate in every way in her role.  There is every possible emotion in this film.  Also, a lot of humor even with the dark subject matter.  4 ½* (I loved this movie) 
   
98 min, Drama directed by Woody Allen with Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard, Sally Hawkins, Andrew Dice Clay, Bobby Cannavale.

Note:  Imdb 7.9 out of 10, 90% critic 85% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

No comments:

Post a Comment