Blue Jasmine

Name: Blue Jasmine
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: July 26, 2013
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Cate Blanchett, Louis C.K., Michael Stuhlbarg

2013

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BLUE JASMINE

Movie Details & Credits

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: July 26, 2013

Starring: Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Cate Blanchett, Louis C.K., Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Sarsgaard, Sally Hawkins

Summary: After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal, elegant New York socialite Jasmine moves into her sister Ginger’s modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again. [Sony Pictures Classics]

Director: Woody Allen

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 98 min

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63	#63 Best Movie of 2013
57	#57 Most Discussed Movie of 2013
43	#43 Most Shared Movie of 2013

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The Guardian - Peter Bradshaw

Sep 26, 2013

After all those false dawns, non-comebacks and semi-successful Euro jeux d'esprit, Allen has produced an outstanding movie, immensely satisfying and absorbing, and set squarely on American turf: that is, partly in San Francisco and partly in New York. Read full review

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The New York Times - Manohla Dargis

Jul 25, 2013

[Allen's] most sustained, satisfying and resonant film since “Match Point.” Read full review

Miami Herald - Rene Rodriguez

Aug 8, 2013

Blue Jasmine, which is easily Allen’s best and most powerful movie since 2005’s "Match Point", is filled with terrific performances, including Hawkins as the sweet-natured Ginger. Read full review

New York Daily News - Joe Neumaier

Jul 25, 2013

The way she (Blanchette) anchors this superb dramedy is a thing of beauty. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Marjorie Baumgarten

Aug 7, 2013

The saga unfolds in a fairly charming fashion, and only Allen’s abrupt ending breaks the spell. Clearly, the filmmaker has no more ideas than Jasmine about how to resolve her predicament. Read full review

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - Geoff Pevere

Aug 1, 2013

Woody Allen’s first Stateside production in nearly a decade is a sharply observed, post-economic crash comedy-drama that boasts a formidable performance by Cate Blanchett and addresses such pertinent real-world concerns as class, gender and corporate criminality in urban America. Read full review

Village Voice - Stephanie Zacharek

Jul 23, 2013

Blue Jasmine is so relentlessly clueless about the ways real human beings live, and so eager to make the same points about human nature that Allen has made dozens of times before, that it seems like a movie beamed from another planet. Read full review

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poetreviewer

Aug 25, 2013

Great movie, great acting. Cate Blanchette is Jasmine, a woman who has lost touch with reality because she's lost her identity. Woody Allen's script and overall concept are both human and divine. This movie is so full of humanity, everyone should be able to relate in some odd way and feelGreat movie, great acting. Cate Blanchette is Jasmine, a woman who has lost touch with reality because she's lost her identity. Woody Allen's script and overall concept are both human and divine. This movie is so full of humanity, everyone should be able to relate in some odd way and feel both annoyance and empathy for its characters. I love this movie. Allen at his best.… Expand

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Yavor

Aug 15, 2016

Many riches in this movie:
1) It's wonderful that Mr Allen finally decides to place the entire story around one character, not many. It's all about Jasmine from start to finish. Midnight in Paris and Match Point were neither as focused nor as interested in their leading characters.
2) I doMany riches in this movie:
1) It's wonderful that Mr Allen finally decides to place the entire story around one character, not many. It's all about Jasmine from start to finish. Midnight in Paris and Match Point were neither as focused nor as interested in their leading characters.
2) I do see and appreciate the funny bits but Blue Jasmine is a drama. It actually hits tragic proportions by the end and I love that.
3) It's almost ridiculous that Cate Blanchett, already one of the best actors in the world prior to this movie, delivers her most iconic leading performance as Jasmine after being in the business for almost 2 decades. Naturally and deservedly she won the Oscar and broke the record for most Best Actress awards won by a single role - 42.… Expand

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luissilv2000

Aug 17, 2013

refreshing... if you are human you have to like this movie... fun... multiple characters did an excelent job for this movie.. no complaints... non generic

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marcmyworks

Apr 11, 2014

Relatively strong Woody Allen film with a stellar cast and Cate Blanchett in the lead. I felt this film really went beyond what we expect from an Allen film, but still left a sense of melancholy and 'woe-is-me' throughout.

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PetitBikini

Jan 17, 2016

Although "Blue Jasmine" felt a little scattered during the second half of the film, it's still pretty good overall. It creates fully-developed characters with proper history and tells a STORY with them. Nothing revolutionary, just an average great fun movie.

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Thebazman

Dec 3, 2013

God I wanted to love this movie. And that being said it's not a terrible film, just could have been much better. To start with the good, Cate Blanchett's acting is incredible and may nab an Oscar. Pretty much everyone else in the movie was remarkable as well. They focus on Blanchett playingGod I wanted to love this movie. And that being said it's not a terrible film, just could have been much better. To start with the good, Cate Blanchett's acting is incredible and may nab an Oscar. Pretty much everyone else in the movie was remarkable as well. They focus on Blanchett playing a crazy lady who lies to get herself back in society after falling apart from her previous husband's lies and infidelity. They have a supporting look at her sister who is trying to make do with a little money and kids, after losing most of her money from as scam Blanchett's husband pulled. This side of the story is MUCH more interesting g than Blanchett's sobfest which has NO RESOLUTION. She is basically in the same place she was in the beginning as if no events matter. Yes her life is sad but you don't feel bad for her because she brings it upon herself. Many times it shows characters from her old life (which we see parts of in flashbacks) and the people never want her to come back into their lives. But, this is ineffective as we don't know enough about what she did to them to care. My opinion is that Woody Allen was afraid his poorly received last movie was too comedic so tried to make his next a first world tearjerker. It has strengths, but it doesn't work.… Expand

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osprey

Aug 25, 2014

I used to love Woody's movies and I even loved the dramas but this movie is terrible. None of the dialogue rings true, even the direction is bad and Woody, you are stealing the basic premise of Streetcar Named Desire and butchering it. Why people are showering praise on this pile of crapI used to love Woody's movies and I even loved the dramas but this movie is terrible. None of the dialogue rings true, even the direction is bad and Woody, you are stealing the basic premise of Streetcar Named Desire and butchering it. Why people are showering praise on this pile of crap is stunning. The actors do a valiant job of trying to bring some truth to this dung heap but nobody could. Louis C.K. can write and direct circles around what Woody is doing now and is totally wasted in this. People walk up to characters in this and spout dialogue that no one would say and no one who has a brain or taste can possible think this is good. The only explanation must be that because of what Woody has done in the past and the controversy surrounding him now, which by the way I do not care about, has made people support his work no matter what but this is possibly his worst movie ever.Stop making movies Woody, enjoy the accolades of the past and let better writers and directors take your place, Louie for one and let us love and remember you at your best, this is movie is far from that.… Expand

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