Directed by:
Timothy Linh BuiScreenplay:
Timothy Linh BuiCinematography:
Jonathan SelaComposer:
Didier RachouCast:
Jessica Biel, Forest Whitaker, Eddie Redmayne, Ray Liotta, Patrick Swayze, Riki Lindhome, Lisa Kudrow, Sala Baker, Chandler Canterbury, Kris Kristofferson (more)VOD (2)
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Drama with intersecting storylines in which four residents of Los Angeles are brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of luck and circumstance. Jessica Biel plays Rose, an impoverished single mother whose young son is in a coma, who is working at a strip joint to support her cocaine addiction. Ray Liotta is Jack, an ex-con just released from prison who is told he has terminal cancer. Forest Whitaker is Charlie, an ex-priest trying to commit suicide after losing his wife. Meanwhile, Qwerty Doolittle (Eddie Redmayne) is a lonely young mortuary worker who finds himself faced with losing his business after the recent death of his father. Patrick Swayze appears as sleazy strip club manager Velvet Larry in his final feature film performance. (Momentum Pictures)
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Powder Blue may have the purest intentions, but it is so emotionally overloaded and contains characters that appear so untrustworthy that not even the presence of Forest Whitaker or the diligent performances of other actors can save it. I don't believe in this film, and I don't believe in its protagonists either. Instead of capturing my heart, I'm at most puzzled by it. It didn't please me, and I won't please its creator either. Overall impression: 25%.
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That shot I’ve seen a hundred times somewhere else was replaced by a second shot that I’ve seen only fifty times somewhere else. An (un)sophisticated and (un)original film with an utterly (un)original plot, execution and expressive means; a trend of recent years. But it's popular. So why do most people buy Danone yogurts? Because they are the best? Or because they have such a cool advertisement and colorful packaging?
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