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Title: My Blueberry Nights (2007)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jude Law | ... | Jeremy | |
| Norah Jones | ... | Elizabeth | |
| Chad R. Davis | ... | Boyfriend (as Chad Davis) | |
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Katya Blumenberg | ... | Girlfriend |
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John Malloy | ... | Diner Manager |
| Demetrius Butler | ... | Male Customer | |
| Frankie Faison | ... | Travis | |
| David Strathairn | ... | Arnie | |
| Adriane Lenox | ... | Sandy | |
| Rachel Weisz | ... | Sue Lynne | |
| Benjamin Kanes | ... | Randy | |
| Cat Power | ... | Katya (as Chan Marshall) | |
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Michael Hartnett | ... | Sunglasses |
| Natalie Portman | ... | Leslie | |
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Michael May | ... | Aloha |
Elizabeth's heart is broken. For solace, she drops in late at night a few times at Jeremy's diner for blueberry pie a la mode; they talk. Once, he watchers her sleep, her head on the counter. Abruptly, she leaves New York City to get away from her pain. She works a couple of jobs in Memphis. There, a heart-broken cop is drinking himself into oblivion, his ex occasionally showing up where he drinks and Lizzy works. Then, she's in Nevada, working at a casino where she uses her savings (she wants a car) to stake Leslie, a busted gambler, in a high rollers' game. After, Beth drives Leslie to Vegas where Leslie's estranged father lives. Broken relationships. What about Jeremy? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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In one word: predictable. I'm sorry, I really did want to like this. After all, the Chinese Director - Wong Kar Wai is famous in the world of independent World Cinema and this has been his long awaited first English language film. And of course the cast is both extremely beautiful and undeniably talented just not at working opposite each other.
It has to be said: when Jude Law is good he's mind blowing, but when he's bad he's unwatchable. Unfortunately these days, more often then not, I cringe when he comes on the screen. It's such a shame, especially as he's so nice to look at, but rather then growing as an actor he seems to be becoming a caricature of himself. I mean, his character Jeremy is supposed to be a Mancuniann in New York but he can't even pull that off believably! I was curious to see what Norah Jones would be like on the big screen. My verdict: stick to the singing. The first half an hour was painfully forced and not helped by Law's dry performance. It did get marginally better as Elizabeth (Jones' character) leaves Jeremy's blueberry pies behind and goes on a self-discovering journey across America, though this might be more due to a wonderful performance by her co-stars.
David Strathairn especially deserves recognition. His portrayal of alcoholic cop Arnie is superb. Unable to accept that his marriage to Sue Lynne (Rachel Weisz) is over, he befriends Elizabeth when she takes on two waitressing jobs in his local bar and dinner. An argument with devastating results ensues, and we see Weisz at her best ruthless and sexy yet vulnerable. Natalie Portman's performance as a crazy gambling addict is equally great, although her acting opposite Jones never felt comfortable.
Finally, Wai is renowned for his creative cinematography, and at least in that respect My Bluberry Nights didn't disappoint. Maybe if you watched this with the volume set on mute you'd see this as the masterpiece it's trying to be. But while tension can enhance a film, I felt like this was just full of confusion. Artistic indie flick or traditional Hollywood blockbuster? Well, neither really, just a lot of unnerving insecurity.
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