Director: Woody Allen
Writer: Woody Allen (Screenplay)
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard
Plot: A New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks a million, but isn’t bringing money, peace, or love..
Runtime: 1 Hour 38 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Verdict: Typical Low Key Drama
Story: Blue Jasmine starts as we meet Jasmine (Blanchett) a New York socialite that’s life is falling apart after her husband Hal (Baldwin) has been found guilty of stealing millions from fake investments. Moving in with her sister Ginger (Hawkins) in San Francisco to try and build her life again.
As we see how Jasmine is remembering the memories with Hal we see how she is must learn to deal with everyday life and working for a living.
Thoughts on Blue Jasmine
Characters – Jasmine once had everything thanks to her husband, now she has lost everything and needs to learn about a new way of living. Seeing Jasmine learn to work an everyday job while trying to hold on to the class she believes she is from is what we see. Hal is the husband that cheated on and robbed the money from the investors, a full-on crook. Ginger is the sister of Jasmine, she has been working a normal life with a divorce and kids, she has the normal like of worries. We get to meet the generic people from different walks of life, the guys in Ginger’s life who are looked as overworked and slobby while Dwight is the man from a high class that makes it easy to see how things are going.
Performances – Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for her performance in this film, she is great to watch in this role fully committed to the idea of being socialite. Sally Hawkins for me is the complete star of this film as the normal life sister showing us just how difficult life can be and being so strong through each scene. The male actors in the film are good and let the actresses take the center stage.
Story – The story here follows a woman that needs to rebuild her life after her husband is found guilty of embezzlement ruining many lives. We flash between the two lives, the one which was falling apart and the one she is trying to rebuild. We try to get a message over about its never too late to start again and family will always be there for you. This story deals with the complications of relationships nicely as we see how people could look to hide the bad ones from the new people in their lives as well as being involved with people themselves not telling the truth. Outside of this we don’t get too much as Jasmine herself is not the most likeable character because of the entitlement she believes she has.
Settings – The film uses two of the best location for cities in America New York and San Francisco.
Scene of the Movie – Supermarket scene.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – Doesn’t seem to have a real ending.
Final Thoughts – This is a good look at how relationships can look strong as to how they can be great, bad and not work depending on how things can unfold.
Overall: Relationship based drama.
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