Blue Is the Warmest Color Image
Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critics What's this?

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  • Summary: The story of a young lesbian couple's beginning, middle and possible end.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Reviewed by: Robbie Collin
    May 27, 2013
    100
    It is an extraordinary, prolonged popping-candy explosion of pleasure, sadness, anger, lust and hope.
  2. Reviewed by: Dave Calhoun
    May 27, 2013
    100
    From this simple, not especially unique love story, Kechiche has fashioned an intimate epic.
  3. Reviewed by: Jordan Mintzer
    May 27, 2013
    100
    Less concerned with classic storytelling than with creating virtual performance pieces on screen, the film features dozens of extended sequences of Adele and Emma both in and out of bed—scenes that are virtuously acted and directed, even if they run on for longer than most filmmakers would allow.
  4. Reviewed by: Jordan Hoffman
    May 27, 2013
    96
    A damn near perfect film.
  5. Reviewed by: Leah Greenblatt
    Oct 16, 2013
    91
    Blue's raw portrayal of infatuation and heartbreak is both devastating and sublime. It's unforgettable.
  6. Reviewed by: Eric Kohn
    May 27, 2013
    91
    Kechiche excels at capturing his protagonist's emergence in the world.
  7. Reviewed by: Ed Gonzalez
    Sep 21, 2013
    75
    Abdellatif Kechiche reveals through his sense of composition, and collaboration with his remarkable actresses, a sensitivity to emotional nuance that's striking.

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