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Powder Blue [Blu-ray]

On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide. Jessica Biel, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker and Eddie Redmayne lead a top-notch cast in this powerful thriller about an overwhelmed erotic dancer, a grieving husband who has lost his will to live, a terminally ill ex-con and a pathologically shy mortician. With Kris Kristofferson, Lisa Kudrow and Patrick Swayze in unforgettable supporting roles, this film movingly chronicles the imperfect lives of people teetering on the edge of despair and the miracles that bring them back.

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User Reviews about Powder Blue [Blu-ray]

I THOUGHT THE MOVIE POWDER BLUE WAS RIVETING,DEEP, VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING AND QUITE
ABSORBING. ALL THE CHARACTERS PLAYED THEIR PARTS TO A TEE.
ANY ONE WHO GAVE THIS MOVIE LESS THAN A FOUR STAR RATING,MUST BE NUMB FROM THE NECK
UP. THE ACTING DISPLAYED SOME EMOTIONALLY INCREDIBLE STUFF.
JESSICA BIEL WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
-- oceanic

I'm not quite sure what to say about Powder Blue without spoiling key storyline elements, so I won't bother explaining the story at all. Besides, even mentioning the smallest of things that happens in the storyline loses the brilliant and powerful effect the writers are definitely going for here.

Seriously, this is the kind of movie you need to just WATCH all the way through and figure out how all the loose storylines and characters manage to tie everything together at the very end. Some *amazingly* shocking twists are guaranteed to win you over by the end though.

You see, the story focuses on a few different circumstances, so you have to put the pieces together by watching it carefully. This is why I can't explain the storyline in detail. Doing so would ruin it completely.

The woman who plays the lead role is such a terrific and talented actress. She nails her performance from every single emotion she displays until the very end. A wonderful job in her performance. I'd like to see more of her in future films. She's THAT good I believe. The characters she communicates with will probably keep you guessing what their reason is for constantly talking to her.

The other (perhaps less interesting and less mentioned) storyline focuses on Forest Whitaker's performance, which again proves why he's loved by so many fans.

Overall, an original, creative, and just well-executed and interesting storyline from beginning to end. This is one film I just can't spoil by saying ANYTHING about it, sorry! Just watch it! The ending is definitely touching! -- brilliantly directed film

Story format gives it a "Crash" type feel. Jessica Biel plays her role well and is as hot as it gets. -- Passable story, Jessica Biel highlights story

There's Crash, then there's Powder Blue. Both films feature multiple intertwining characters in Los Angeles, but one won the best picture Oscar, while the other was released straight to video.

There is Magnolia--then there's Powder Blue. One has multiple quirky characters and a hail of frogs, while the other has characters with multiple quirks, and a powder blue snowstorm that blankets Los Angeles.

There's Flashdance--then there's Powder Blue. One has exotic dancers performing artistically choreographed dances, while the other has a dancer with an even more unbelievable and convoluted back-story performing artistically choreographed dances.

There's Being John Malkovich--then there's Powder Blue. One has a main character whose passion is performing with marionettes while the other has a Mortician with Asthma whose passion is performing with marionettes.

There is The Crying Game--then there's Powder Blue. One has Forest Whitaker involved with someone who is kind of a drag while the other has Forest Whitaker as a defrocked priest who left the church to get married but is now despondent over his young bride's untimely passing.

There is Art--then there's artifice.

So, you can see the problem for director Timothy Linh Bui: He has overloaded his film with so many overused clichés and symbols that it ceases to have any meaning whatsoever. He has thrown in everything but the kitchen sink.

I can't in any way shape or form say that this was a successful film, and yet I found it vastly entertaining, if only because it boggled my mind, how far from the path it strayed. I will admit that I enjoyed watching it, but I was forced to judge it harshly.

Jessica Biel looked good and was amazing as the exotic dancer. Her acting wasn't so bad, considering what she had to work with. But not only did she have a father who had just been released from prison after 25 years, she also had a child who was in a coma. On top of that, she has a romance with a mortician named Qwerty Doolittle (the laziest name for a character ever written), who is also loaded down with three too many quirks himself: He has asthma, he plays with puppets, and his mortuary is in foreclosure.

I could go on, but I'm sure you get the picture.

Things I liked though were the chemistry between Whitaker's defrocked priest and Lisa Kudrow's friendly waitress, always ready with a cup of coffee and a slice of pie.

In Savage Grace, Eddie Redmayne was fantastic as the criminally insane Antony Baekeland; but he gave almost as good a performance here.

Alejandro Romero gave good attitude, yet his character was given short shrift. More a symbol than a person. He must have asked himself, just like Burt Reynolds 'playing' a bad actor on The Twilight Zone: What's my motivation?

Ray Liotta was great as the ex hit man/father trying to 'reconnect' with his daughter after a 25-year stint in the pen, but he was sabotaged at every turn. Case in point, he was given full body tattoos, but they were totally wrong for his character. They looked like they'd been chosen by the makeup `artiste' instead of something a prisoner would choose for himself.

Patrick Swayze as Velvet Larry was amazing as he was terminally ill, yet he still gave a very strong performance. This may have been Swayze's swan song, his last ever film role. May he rest in peace.


Savage Grace (2007) Eddie Redmayne was Antony Baekeland

Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 [Region 2] (2000) Forest Whitaker was Ker
The Crying Game (1992) Forest Whitaker was Jody
Bird (1988) Forest Whitaker was Charlie 'Bird' Parker

GoodFellas (1990) Ray Liotta was Henry Hill

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar (1995) Patrick Swayze Was Vida
Point Break (1991) Patrick Swayze Was Bodhi

Trouble in Mind (1985) Kris Kristofferson was Hawk
Songwriter (1984) Kris Kristofferson was Blackie Buck

Hotel for Dogs (Widescreen Edition (2009) Lisa Kudrow was Lois Scudder

Nobody puts Baby in a corner
~ Patrick Swayze

-- There is Art--then there's artifice