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Powder Blue (2009)

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Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, and Jessica Biel topline this ensemble drama regarding intersecting lives on Christmas Eve from writer/director Timothy Linh Bui (Green Dragon). Liotta plays an ex-convict who tracks down his estranged daughter (Biel) after serving a 25-year jail sentence. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Drama

Directed By: Timothy Linh Bui

Written By: Timothy Linh Bui, Stephane Gauger

In Theaters: May 8, 2009 Wide

On DVD: May 26, 2009

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Critic Reviews for Powder Blue

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Another Los Angeles-set multistrand drama "Crash"-es and burns.

May 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety

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Melissa Anderson

Variety

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A movie full of egregiously overdramatic stupidities.

May 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Vadim Rizov

Village Voice

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Patrick Swayze's final feature film role as Wild Velvet strip club boss Velvet Larry is a flamboyant extravaganza

November 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

A serendipitous erotic thriller reminiscent of Crash in the way that lots of Angelenos' lives intersect serendipitously, except that here the characters have a seedy strip club in common instead of car accidents.

June 8, 2009 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

June 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Sly Fox

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Kam Williams

Sly Fox

They seem to be real and they are certainly spectacular--too bad that one can't say the same for the film featuring them.

May 14, 2009 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Peter Sobczynski

eFilmCritic.com

an embarrassing display of directorial exploitation and a waste of acting goodwill.

May 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Jason McKiernan

Filmcritic.com

Few will remember Powder Blue as a desperate copy job of Paul Thomas Anderson's brilliant Magnolia but rather as the film where Jessica Biel finally took it all off.

May 7, 2009 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Erik Childress

eFilmCritic.com

It's not likely [Biel] is comfortable with her nude scenes (which are neither lengthy nor discreet) being used as a selling point, but Bui fails to provide much else worth discussing.

May 7, 2009 Full Review Source: Metromix.com

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Geoff Berkshire

Metromix.com

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"Powder Blue" is the type of movie that everyone would love to hate! Personally, I think it is one of the more overshadowed films that were released in 2009. With many big name B-List actors involved, they really gave it their all to make this film as much as it is. It follows two separate plot lines that never

January 9, 2012

KJ Proulx

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One of those multi-layered, character films, whose lives overlap in one way or another. It has a fine cast, including Patrick Swayze's last role along side Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker. However it will be more well known for the film where Jessica Biel plays the part of an "exotic dancer" and strips off. It's main theme

December 22, 2007

Dean !

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