Blue Is the Warmest Color

Name: Blue Is the Warmest Color
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: October 25, 2013
Duration: 179 min
Rating: 88
Cast: Ad, Alma Jodorowsky, Anne Loiret, Aurélien Recoing, Benjamin Siksou

2013

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Universal acclaim based on 41 Critics

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Generally favorable reviews based on 353 Ratings

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Blue Is The Warmest Color (US)

Movie Details & Credits

Sundance Selects | Release Date: October 25, 2013

Starring: Ad, Alma Jodorowsky, Anne Loiret, Aurélien Recoing, Benjamin Siksou, Beno, Catherine Salée, Jeremie Laheurte, Léa Seydoux, Mona Walravens, Salim Kechiouche, Sandor Funtek

Summary: Blue is the Warmest Color centers on a 15-year-old girl named Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos) who is climbing to adulthood and dreams of experiencing her first love. A handsome male classmate falls for her, but an unsettling erotic reverie upsets the romance before it begins. Adèle imagines that the mysterious, blue-haired girl she encounteredBlue is the Warmest Color centers on a 15-year-old girl named Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos) who is climbing to adulthood and dreams of experiencing her first love. A handsome male classmate falls for her, but an unsettling erotic reverie upsets the romance before it begins. Adèle imagines that the mysterious, blue-haired girl she encountered in the street slips into her bed and possesses her with an overwhelming pleasure. That blue-haired girl is a confident older art student named Emma (Léa Seydoux), who will soon enter Adèle's life for real, leading to an intense and complicated love story that spans a decade and is touchingly universal in its depiction. [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: Abdel Kechiche

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: NC-17

Runtime: 179 min

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10	#10 Best Movie of 2013
2	#2 Most Shared Movie of 2013

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The Hollywood Reporter - Jordan Mintzer

May 27, 2013

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. Read full review

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Variety - Justin Chang

Oct 25, 2013

It’s a simple, even predictable story, yet textured so exquisitely and acted so forcefully as to feel almost revelatory. Read full review

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Empire - Ian Freer

Nov 18, 2013

Anchored by two of the most natural, committed performances you’ll ever see, Blue Is The Warmest Colour is the most moving love story of the year. Read full review

New York Magazine (Vulture) - David Edelstein

Oct 21, 2013

The movie goes on for three hours without an emotional letup — it’s finally overwhelming. Read full review

Rolling Stone - Peter Travers

Oct 24, 2013

Blue Is the Warmest Color sweeps you up on waves of humor, heartbreak and ravishing romance. Read full review

The Guardian - Peter Bradshaw

May 27, 2013

It's a long movie, and by the end you may well feel every bit as wrung out as the characters. But it is genuinely passionate film-making. Read full review

Tampa Bay Times - Steve Persall

Nov 7, 2013

Kechiche's doting on entwined limbs, thrusting pelvises and oral stimulation, all carefully posed and continued longer than necessary to get his point across, races beyond titillation to creepy voyeurism. Read full review

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LowbrowCinema

Nov 5, 2013

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR left me so astounded that I had to walk aimlessly for an hour to get over its gut wrenching examination of our ability to love and lose so profoundly. After nearly 2 hours and 20 minutes the film builds to a series of scenes that make you feel like your heart hasBLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR left me so astounded that I had to walk aimlessly for an hour to get over its gut wrenching examination of our ability to love and lose so profoundly. After nearly 2 hours and 20 minutes the film builds to a series of scenes that make you feel like your heart has been scraped by a knife, leaving only a battered shell of veins intact. Forget all the talk of explicit and long sex scenes, these just small bits of BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, a very modern story of love and its power over all of us. Is it really possible to feel so profoundly? And can we possibly move on?… Expand

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NataliaDiaz

Aug 9, 2014

La vida real, esto es lo que de verdad pasa con el amor, todo lo que no se espera de una cinta que sorprende, los 179 minutos mas encantadores de mi vida, La mejor película de la década, sin duda!

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LamontRaymond

Oct 27, 2013

The film captures the thrill and the pain of young love highly effectively. The two lead actresses are phenomenal. Even though the movie is over three hours, it never drags. I'd suggest it's not first-date material, but perhaps second date! Everyone's heard about the sex scenes. I thinkThe film captures the thrill and the pain of young love highly effectively. The two lead actresses are phenomenal. Even though the movie is over three hours, it never drags. I'd suggest it's not first-date material, but perhaps second date! Everyone's heard about the sex scenes. I think they're well done, but perhaps a hair too long. Absolutely recommended.… Expand

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Rossi163

Mar 31, 2014

An interesting story, well executed.

I could watch Adele what's-her-name eat a bowl of cereal and nothing else in a feature length film. She was captivating and the director deserves props for creating this timeless piece of art regardless of his methods or level of creepiness. So saysAn interesting story, well executed.

I could watch Adele what's-her-name eat a bowl of cereal and nothing else in a feature length film. She was captivating and the director deserves props for creating this timeless piece of art regardless of his methods or level of creepiness.

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shadow-cat

Nov 29, 2014

It was a very good movie that was well acted and I would recommend to people to watch but it did go on for some time and didn't feel like there was a concrete plot and it was just allowed to go on and on. It was an enjoyable film though.

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Oct 16, 2015

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Dude7

Mar 6, 2016

It' a boring movie. Nothing special occurs. I've watched all the film hoping at the end there would be something interesting. But no. And as the movie lasts 3 hours, you feel them.
A complete waste of time and money.

4 of 6 users found this helpful42

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