Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Rip Torn, Darren E. Burrows, Dina Korzun, Paprika Steen
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This plodding mood-piece is as emotionally engaging as a paint catalogue.
Impressively directed, low-key drama that really gets under your skin, thanks to strong performances from its three leads.
Korzun . . . is a non-presence, a brittle facade . . . a sketchy screenplay [adds up to] Zero Depths of Feeling . . . a flat, tasteless, faux-Euromance.
It contains some very good performances and some finely observed writing.
"Forty Shades of Blue" might have benefited from a little more honest melodrama, as the film is so subtle at times that it barely registers.
The magnificent Korzun ... [delivers] a performance of internalized anguish.
Subtle and morose to a fault, in the end it's just Junebug, another Sundance downer, without the heart.
Ira Sachs' story of hereditary malaise, passed from father to son, will disappoint anyone looking for a propulsive narrative or slam-bang excitement. But it will amply reward patient viewers who prefer a slow burn.
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posted by RT Staff January 31, 2005
Ira Sachs' "Forty Shades of Blue" took the grad prize for drama at Sundance, the New York Daily News reports....


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