Monthly Archives: September, 2011

It's impossible to really become complicit with the dramatic nature of her situation, though, among such a groggy and obtuse mise-en-scene and intentionally anti-psychological non-characterizations.

"Feeling like an airier - and less effective - Dardenne brothers picture, the loungey pacing and thin dramatic thrust put pressure on tiny details and simple pleasures, which only emerge intermittently. As a debut, though, it stakes the Italian helmer as one to definitely keep an eye on."

This solid debut casts a divine spell, if never quite ascending to its promised 'heavenly' heights

Rebecca Daly's Debut Feature asks a lot with Minimal Returns; Fulfils Titular promise by Bringing the Zeds

"Violent, sterile, and ugly, one has to wonder what the filmmaker was hoping viewers would take away from this movie other than a few extra wrinkles in the forehead. Blue will likely only appeal to those who actively seek out gratuitous misanthropy in their entertainment."