Review of Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) by Lyn — 28 Feb 2014
A wiser, more mature movie about lesbian love & sex might have been interesting to watch. This one was so dull and aimless, I took three days to finish it up. By contrast with other coming-of-age stories, we don't really know, at the end, whether Adele has learned anything significant about life, love or herself, aside from the facts that (a) she reallyreally likes lesbian sex and despite zero experience, can jump into it like a champ; and (b) breaking up is hard to do.
It's disappointing that so little actual affection seemed to develop in the sex itself, even allowing for a period of initial raucous abandon. Adele also isn't developed that much. The director obviously relished showing her not just having sex, but eating, dancing, eating, drinking, teaching, blubbering, eating .
.. but whether she's smart or a dolt is hard to say. Finally (nitpicking) I love the way French films often show people who look "real" -- with sketchy skin, bad teeth, horrible hair, in this case .
.. but these two also have such perfect, pale, toned, utterly flawless hairless bodies, it's kind of ridiculous.
This review of Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) was written by Lyn on 28 Feb 2014.
Blue Is the Warmest Color has generally received very positive reviews.
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