Blue Jasmine (2013)
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Reviews Counted: 178
Fresh: 162 | Rotten: 16
Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine finds the director in peak late-period form -- and benefiting from a superb cast led by Cate Blanchett.
Average Rating: 8.4/10
Critic Reviews: 44
Fresh: 38 | Rotten: 6
Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine finds the director in peak late-period form -- and benefiting from a superb cast led by Cate Blanchett.
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A New York housewife struggles through a life crisis.
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You have to dig deep in Allen's back catalogue to find a single performance as affecting and well-judged as the one Cate Blanchett delivers.
Top CriticIt's narratively uneven but the occasional lapses of focus are rescued by Cate Blanchett's riveting lead performance.
This also benefits from one of the strongest casts he's assembled in years: Cate Blanchett is exceptional in the lead, and there are strong supporting turns from Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, and (in a surprise dramatic turn) Andrew Dice Clay.
Jasmine resembles one of those '50s wives -- widowed or dumped -- who find themselves with nary a skill to survive, or at least not in the manner they'd grown accustomed.
Just when it seemed like Allen was going to settle for cranking out a comic bauble every year for the rest of his career, he comes up with a vital and vibrant knockout of a movie.
As Jasmine's story is revealed, and as Blanchett manages the fragile mask of her character's sanity, the film builds to a mighty emotional pitch.
The vibrant characters, jaggedly observant dialog and messy plot are thoroughly engaging.
Insightful, squirmingly funny and boasting an absolutely unmissable performance from first time Allen collaborator Cate Blanchett.
While the film may hold some viewers at arm's length, the performances are worthy of stand-up-and-cheer ovations all round.
Woody Allen's latter films just seem to get better and better...another A-grade movie to join Match Point, Midnight in Paris and Vicky Cristina Barcelona...a superb Cate Blanchett does some of her best film work to date.
The result's highly effective on a human level. If only the film had been set in the real world.
Smart, sophisticated and bound to win an Oscar nod or two, 'Blue Jasmine' is an outstanding Woody Allen movie about the fall from grace of a Hamptons socialite who begins to unravel after her husband loses a fortune.
[Woody Allen has] captured an Oscar-contending, tour de force performance from the great Cate Blanchett.
It's difficult to imagine anyone wresting the Academy Award from Blanchett's compellingly pathetic performance.
Blanchett is being tipped for Oscar glory, and this is surely a very good, very committed performance (if a little self-consciously so).
With laughs derived from depression, death and denial, this is Allen at this tartest, tightest and most observant.
A propulsive drama set in New York and San Francisco about a woman's self-destruction as a result of her inability to look truthfully at her own life. It's a serious warning, brutal even.
A deliciously dark and richly entertaining comedy drama, it's as enjoyable as anything this year.
Though not quite the masterpiece some have claimed, the picture (often funny, but not a comedy) certainly delivers on emotion, sharp dialogue and toxic energy.
A riveting film, a humane but brutally frank character study, perfectly achieved despite its narrow objectives.
Allen has frequently mined the fripperies of the monied elite for light comic effect but here he delves deep creating a masterfully compelling drama that nevertheless is frequently extremely funny.
A searing drama delivered with a compassionate, humane touch, Blue Jasmine is exhilarating, funny and heartbreaking, instantly taking its place alongside the best of Allen's work.
A career-best Cate Blanchett dazzles in Woody Allen's heartbreaking missive.
Blue Jasmine is the film die-hard Woody Allen fans have been waiting for, thanks to a superb, pointed script and terrific performances from a wonderful ensemble cast, including a sure-to-be-Oscar-nominated central turn from Cate Blanchett.
If you don't buy this stuff you don't buy it, though millions do and perhaps millions will.
Flitting between the extravagance of Jasmine's former life and her undignified current climb down allows for a entertaining and insightful look at the depression of recession. There are of course, a few great Woody one-liners but the mood is blue.
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