Review of Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) by Alanna H — 15 Aug 2015
So, I watched this movie over two days because A) I started it at 1:30 in the morning and B) it is pretty long, clocking in at just a minute under three hours. Now that I've seen it my head and my heart are so full of feelings, I don't know what to do with myself.
How could I have missed this film? It is the kind of movie only the French know how to make - real, raw, unapologetic without any gimmicks or manipulation and so brilliantly acted, I really want to know where these actors get their training.
Both female leads are phenomenal, but Adèle Exarchopoulos is a revelation. I have never seen an actor, male or female, being able to express so much with so few words. The girl is brilliant. I want to find everything she's been in and binge-watch her act.
I was reminded today why I so revere French cinema. No one makes better films about virtually nothing more than the characters' experiences and their innermost thoughts and turmoil. I can go on all night about the merits of this beautiful, heartbreaking film.
Just an FYI if anyone decides they want to see it - the film has several rather lengthy and thoroughly explicit lesbian sex scenes (I've seen my fair share of European films, but never anything like it). I wasn't bothered by them and found them integral to the story as a whole.
Beautiful, gripping, exquisite film.
This review of Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) was written by Alanna H on 15 Aug 2015.
Blue Is the Warmest Color has generally received very positive reviews.
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