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My Blueberry Nights
  • Release Date: Apr 4, 2008
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6.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 35
  3. Negative: 3 out of 35

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  1. JoeT.
    Apr 5, 2008
    1
    Horrible photocopy of Wong's previous films (notably the magnificent Chungking Express)... but it's now in speak English! The movie scores '1' for any English speakers frightened by subtitles. Everyone else definitely should view any of his previous splendid films.
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  2. CoreyJ.
    May 3, 2008
    10
    One of Wong's best films. The subtlety and craftsmanship remain as he transposes his work into the American idiom. A fantastic piece on love and the waves it sends through people.
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  3. MarcosF.
    Jul 5, 2008
    9
    An inspiring exercise of a road-movie by one of the most talented of the directors alive.
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  4. JaredC.
    Apr 1, 2008
    6
    Even if Wong Kar Wai and Lawrence Block's My Blueberry Nights doesn't have a high-pitch note to whistle the beauty of romance, it still has a firm mood that audiences will feel awry about.
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  5. DavideL.
    Apr 19, 2008
    4
    the interpretation of Norah Jones is the very nice surprise of a very bad film. a film with a ridiculous plot and nothing to say.
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  6. BessyR.
    Apr 5, 2008
    4
    Not very engaging, hard to see Jones as an actress when she is also singing for the film's theme...disappointing..
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  7. ChadS.
    May 10, 2008
    8
    In an episode of NBC's "Friends", Joey(Matt LeBlanc) uses a deep lothario-like voice to make the most innocuous phrases sound lascivious; for instance, "grandma's apple pie". In "My Blueberry Nights", this filmmaker transforms the blueberry pie "a la mode" into a sexual metaphor; read: a feminine body part in flux. Now this is an American pie ready for action. The filmmaker depicts female desire through dessert(rivulets of vanilla ice cream streaming down the crust and filling) with lyricism(read: slo-mo), because he wants to maintain an air of mystery about Elizabeth(Norah Jones). Does she come into Jeremy's cafe for friendship, or for love? The pie is a clue. The patina of cream lewdly smeared on Elizabeth's lips that suddenly disappears is another clue. But the filmmaker withholds the particulars about this vanishing smidgeon of vanilla towards the end of "My Blueberry Nights". The kiss belongs to Jeremy(Jude Law), a stand-in for the filmmaker, who records the moment on a surveillance tape(a metaphor for authorship). The kiss is personal. The kiss is performed under the filmic construct of auteurism. This kiss, is no ordinary kiss. This filmmaker, is no ordinary filmmaker.… Expand
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  8. TinaR.
    Jun 28, 2008
    0
    PU! This movie had no real plot. It was boring to say the least.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  9. MaxB.
    Nov 1, 2008
    1
    Dull dull dull.
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  10. DiamondS.
    May 24, 2008
    5
    This movie was engaging, but the plot failed miserably. The screen writer should have done more with Norah Jones character. It was definatly missing something and Norah Jones was not believable in the role. She had more sexual chemisty with both leading ladies then she did with Jude Law.
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  11. JayH.
    Jun 23, 2008
    5
    5.5/10. My Blueberry Nights has all the right ingredients, a skillful director, great cast, good story, but for me it just didn't work and I found my mind wandering and not wanting to stay focused. It lacked character depth.
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  12. SebastianB.
    Nov 21, 2008
    5
    Characters were undeveloped, I couldn't feel empathy for anyone. I'm a fan of Norah Jones' music but her acting semed very flat. A forgettable movie.
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Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    50
    My Blueberry Nights may not quite be what fans of either Jones or Wong Kar-wai -- directing his first film in English -- are expecting. It's a late-night, lovelorn mood piece in a minor key, not complicated or convoluted, finally more confection than substance.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    60
    The director is chasing a mood here -- a mood, an atmosphere and feelings -- much as he did in "In the Mood for Love."
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    50
    As much a trifle as its title suggests, My Blueberry Nights sees Hong Kong stylist Wong Kar Wai applying his characteristic visual and thematic doodles to a wispy story of lovelorn Yanks.
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