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A troubled young woman is encouraged by a teacher to enter a poetry contest.A troubled young woman is encouraged by a teacher to enter a poetry contest.A troubled young woman is encouraged by a teacher to enter a poetry contest.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
3.6K
YOUR RATING
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
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Michael Joseph Thomas Ward
- Dadas Dad
- (as Mike Ward)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Gifted 18-year-old Meg has been abandoned by her father and neglected by her hardworking mother. Left to care for her emotionally disturbed younger sister, her world begins to unravel. She finds an outlet in writing poetry and support from her English teacher, Mr. Auster. But what started out as a mentoring relationship begins to get a bit more complex. —Anonymous
- Taglines
- Ready or not... the future comes just the same.
- Genre
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for sexual content and language
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaThe film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2002.
- GoofsThe application form that Meg fills out for the poetry contest says her poem is entitled "Blue Car", although at that point she has not yet written the poem or given it a title.
- Quotes
[after looking over her poem]
Auster: Okay... you tell me.
Meg: I don't know.
Auster: Why not? Are you afraid I'm going to tell you your work stinks?
Meg: Does it?
Auster: What do you think?
Meg: Probably. I don't know.
Auster: Come back when you do.
[rises, starts to leave]
Meg: It doesn't stink. There's a line that I like.
Auster: Which one?
Meg: "Lost leaves spin past the glass, but the trees don't go. They stay by my window."
Auster: What about the rest of it?
Meg: I could go deeper.
Auster: Good for you.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004)
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Written and Performed by Lori Carson, Layng Martine Jr. and Jane Scarpantoni
Feels Good for a Minute Music/Corporal Blossom Music (BMI)
(c) 2001
Top review
Agnes Bruckner almost makes Blue Car worth seeing.
Writer/Director Karen Moncrieff does not deserve the acting talent of Agnes Bruckner. It's the 18 year old actress who has a brilliant future. The script is pedestrian, riddled with cliches and clumsy tone shifts. Blue Car looks even worse when compared to other recent American independent films with teenage protagonists like RAISING VICTOR VARGAS and David Gordon Green's ALL THE REAL GIRLS. Films that display visual imagination and inspired writing. Moncrieff should return to television, or at least leave the scriptwriting to others.
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- cineman2
- Nov 18, 2003
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $465,310
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $30,087
- May 4, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $476,551
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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