My Blueberry Nights

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After a rough break-up, Elizabeth sets out on a journey across America, leaving behind her life in search of something to mend her broken heart. Waitressing her way through the country, she befriends a troubled cop and his estranged wife and a down-on-her luck gambler with a score to settle. Through these chance encounters, Elizabeth witnesses the true depths of loneliness and emptiness, and begins to understand that her own journey is part of a deeper exploration of herself. (The Weinstein Company)

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Stanislaus 

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English Even though this film has been received quite lukewarmly here, I liked it and didn't find the only bright spot to be the cast, which I took more as a strength for the film. I liked all the leading actors, the previously unknown to me Norah Jones surprised me and Natalie Portman and Rachel Weisz gave the best performances, but the guys, Jude Law and David Strathairn, have nothing to be ashamed of either. Each character had their own particular charm, tribulations and hardships in life that they either got through or not. ()

novoten 

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English These melancholic blueberries have one unbelievably strong thing in them. The longing to return to a place we used to go with someone, where we laughed and felt this is what life tastes like, and that this moment should never pass. And when it did, we want to experience at least a few more minutes from it and ask ourselves if something of our former self still remains. Unfortunately, these authentic experiences are hidden only in Jude Law's storyline, and the larger part is focused on the wanderings of the pleasant Elizabeth. It's not that watching Norah Jones is a bad thing, but her storyline is shamefully tired with its episodic nature, quickly bringing down the overall impression to an average level. Partly to blame is also the clumsy casting. It's a rare occurrence that two of my favorite actors are cast in supporting roles, but Kar-Wai Wong did it quite awkwardly. Rachel Weisz is definitely not convincing as a selfish police wife, nor is Natalie Portman convincing as an arrogant gambler. If this had been edited into a half-hour slice of romance, it would have beeen one of the most impressive conversations of all time. ()

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JFL 

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English Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai is internationally renowned as the creator of distinctive romantic movies infused with melancholy. His Hong Kong films feature the Chinese territory’s biggest film and music stars, so it’s no wonder that the cast of his first English-language film includes Jude Law, David Strathairn, Natalie Portman and Rachel Weisz, as well as American singer-songwriter Norah Jones in her first acting role (like Faye Wong in Chungking Express). As was typical of Wong in his earlier films, his cinematic journey across America is composed of episodic sequences showing the various forms of unhappy love and the burden of loneliness. The evocative camerawork revels in the faces of the photogenic actors soaked in colourful neon and bar lighting, which fills out the thick melancholic atmosphere together with the austere style of directing. The narrative, showing how time slips through the fingers of the protagonists against the background of the hectic world of bars, restaurants and casinos, comprises an expressive view of lonely souls who hide grand feelings inside themselves. Of course, whereas Wong’s Hong Kong films were representative of the zeitgeist in Hong Kong at the time of their making, when the noose in the form of the irreversible handover to China hung over the island, thus giving those films a sense of fatefulness, this road movie spanning America reveals the purely pop foundations of Wong’s work. ()

POMO 

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English It’s not often that you see such an excellent cast in such a bland film. Only one of the three stories is good (the one with Natalie Portman), but the languidness and shapelessness of the director’s narrative takes away her chance to shine. ()

Remedy 

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English Being completely unfamiliar with Kar-Wai Wong's work, I approached My Blueberry Nights without much expectation. An ex-girlfriend recommended the film to me and spoke of it with great enthusiasm (and maybe even subtext, who knows). From the opening minutes it was clear to me that this was no ordinary affair, but an intimately shot drama about finding yourself directed in an unconventional and appealing way. The choice of music was also very nice, the actors very pleasant. It truly doesn’t fall far short of 5 stars, maybe I’ll add the last one after the next viewing.) ()

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