Review of Blue Car (2003) by Lee B — 03 Sep 2009

I guess this movie was to help set me up for the mood of The Road and The Lovely Bones. I found this filmmakers later film The Dead Girl somewhat fascinating in its real take of a dark tone and ability to craft the performances of so many people, unless she just got lucky and every actor in the movie did awesome work (Brittany Murphy was in that one). This movie has the same depressing tone throughout. However, there were always peeks at positivity that you somehow wished wouldn?t get shot down.

This movie is a tale of a girl who has been forced to act like a woman from a young age, then has a journey that makes her into one. And it ain?t a pretty one. In fact, this journey shows how she will probably be a stronger woman, or person in general, then everyone else that is seen in the movie. It is a definite tragic tale, but doesn?t dwell on any one thing long enough to completely deflate everything. It keeps it moving at a good pace and Agnes Bruckner is amazing. I loved her in The Woods. Now, got to see her in more things.