Narratives and places are secondary to the dreamy, bitter-sweet tone Wong is so keen to evoke, and with which, like a scent one might spray on too liberally, he saturates every scene.
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02/22/08
My Blueberry Nights (2008)
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Reviews Counted:115
Fresh:56
Rotten:59
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Though well filmed, My Blueberry Nights is a mixed bag of dedicated performers working with thin material.
Theatrical Release:Apr 4, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $724,907
Synopsis: With his first English-language film, beloved Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai's touch loses none of the seductive luster and magic that made his Chinese films so popular. MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS... [More]
Starring: Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Natalie Portman
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
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Reviews for My Blueberry Nights
Far from a disaster, but it does feel like a footnote. It’s difficult to see why the great director and very talented performers worked so hard to deliver such thin material.
02/22/08
Ornamental details like cigarette smoking and messy handwriting keep the settings tight and constrictive. Still, there's awkward shakiness that's fortified with interjections of high-volume, often-distracting soundtrack.
04/17/08
The longer this slice of fanciful blueberry-pie Americana sits with me, the better I like it.
05/17/07
Top CriticFortunately, Mr. Wong has made the perilous journey into a new language without sacrificing his artistic soul and very personal visual style.
04/02/08
Top CriticIn My Blueberry Nights, Wong Kar-wai’s first American-set, English-language film -- and his first feature shot on video -- the Hong Kong filmmaker has achieved a ravishing, triple triumph.
04/02/08
As someone who has an aversion to most contemporary romantic movies, Wong is a filmmaker whose lush romanticism makes me swoon.
04/18/08
Wong Kar Wai's dreamy film boasts strong performances but ultimately feels more like a wistful character study than a heartfelt romance.
04/04/08
My Blueberry Nights is like a short film that goes on for too long. It is a flimsy, if inoffensive, addition to Wong Kar Wai's canon, an insignificant diversion at best.
04/04/08
It's not Kar-Wai's best work, but cast Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung in the leads, toss in subtitles and some of the same dissenters may be calling it his latest masterpiece.
07/06/08
Emotionally aloof, but never far from a moment of beauty.
04/03/08
My Blueberry Nights feels like an abundantly attractive travelogue, the work of an artist who's passing through rather than taking up residence.
04/03/08
mostly a success, though set apart from Wong's previous work in that it won't have people coming back over and over again
04/03/08
A moody, beautiful romance.
04/25/08
Fans of Chinese director Wong Kar Wai's dreamy, romantic films will find My Blueberry Nights a luscious treat, although newcomers to his world of sensuous longing will no doubt wonder what all the fuss is about.
04/25/08
Less sensuous than the pie à la mode, more nuanced than the doors opening and closing, cutting the cards might not change any odds, but it does offer an illusion of choice.
04/30/08
I spent the whole 90 minutes in a state of bemused, vaguely pleasurable anticipation, always hoping for the next gorgeous image to come along and sweep me away.
04/04/08
El director de Con ánimo de amar y 2046 se traslada con éxito a Estados Unidos, donde filma una historia de amor sugestiva, íntima y encantadora.
09/17/08
It's sweet and mostly satisfying, like a silky dessert at the end of a relaxed meal.
05/13/08
A movie for those of us who have wanted to see Wong Kar Wai's talents applied to storytelling rather than abstraction.
04/03/08
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