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76 out of 100

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7.6 out of 10

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  • Starring: Agnes Bruckner, David Strathairn, Margaret Colin
  • Summary: An evocative drama that tells the story of an 18 year-old girl, abandoned by her father and neglected by her overworked mother, who turns for solace and inspiration to her English teacher. (Miramax)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    100
    A memory of the automobile in which a father drove away from his family provides the title for Blue Car but no hint of the power of writer-director Karen Moncrieff's superb feature debut.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    90
    A quietly devastating song.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Laura Sinagra
    60
    Blue Car gets so much of the hard stuff (including Meg's Plath-via-Tori poetry) that it assumes the easy stuff will take care of itself. It doesn't.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Heather
    8
    I really enjoyed this film. It was brutally honest and kept you interested until the end. It's one of those movies that I still find myself thinking about several days later. Great acting!… Expand
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