- Studio: Sundance Selects
- Release Date: Oct 25, 2013
- Summary: The story of a young lesbian couple's beginning, middle and possible end.
- Director: Abdel Kechiche
- Genre(s): Drama, Romance
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100It is an extraordinary, prolonged popping-candy explosion of pleasure, sadness, anger, lust and hope.
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100From this simple, not especially unique love story, Kechiche has fashioned an intimate epic.
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May 27, 2013100Less 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.
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96A damn near perfect film.
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91Blue's raw portrayal of infatuation and heartbreak is both devastating and sublime. It's unforgettable.
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91Kechiche excels at capturing his protagonist's emergence in the world.
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75Abdellatif Kechiche reveals through his sense of composition, and collaboration with his remarkable actresses, a sensitivity to emotional nuance that's striking.