Blue Jasmine is the new film by Woody Allen and stars Cate Blanchett. The movie basically focuses on the life of a wealthy woman after divorce, and after losing her wealth. The film is a comedy, and I honestly knew nothing about this movie going in. I have to say I enjoyed it.
Cate Blanchett kills it in this role. Her character is kind of going crazy, she isn't used to working and not being able to get what she wants and you completely buy it. The film is funny from time to time, but this is a movie that is not intended for young people. My showing was full of people over 50 and they were laughing hard at everything, and I surely didn't laugh as much as them. The dialogue feels real too, and the movie never becomes too serious which I liked. If it had been serious I would have been bored to death. My 2 problems with this film though are the editing and the music. The film goes from present day to the past, but there is no transition between them. One scene ends and suddenly you are in the past, you only know this when certain characters begin to appear, or due to the dialogue. If it were not for this I would have no idea that the movie switched from present to past. The music in the movie was my other problem. It really felt like old people music, and kind of sucked me out of the movie whenever it came up.
Other than those 2 problems this movie was very good and enjoyable. I guess I would have enjoyed it more if I was older, but it still made me laugh from time to time, and I actually liked the story itself. Blue Jasmine gets a 3.5/5
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