DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

sLnThePerFecT Minor Spoilers Ahead!I just finished watching this one but i have to say i am a little disappointed. But before that, let me just say i really wanted to enjoy this movie, i honestly did but it just didn't happen. I love blueberry so first time i saw the title and checked out the trailer, i said to myself 'this is going to be my favorite movie!' But here i was, 30 minutes in and trying to find a good thing to hold on to in the move that will get me through the end but all i could gather was Jude Law's character, Jeremy. He was my favorite. His accent was amazingly lovely and his character was so nice and romantic and waiting and just lovely... It even made me forget about how bad Norah Jones's acting was. But didn't see him as much as the viewer would like to and i think that was the biggest let down of the film. Natalie Portman was amazing but her character didn't get a chance to glow because her time was so limited and without a backstory it just felt flat. Rachel Weisz, she was so gorgeous and her character wanted to be alive so much but still so little time and with so little info, even she couldn't help the character to become a 'someone'. The actors and actresses were great (minus Norah Jones but she did her best and it's not her fault that she doesn't have talent in the acting front) but the dialogues were so dead and the camera work was awful. The editing was so of the charts that i think sometimes they just put cut scenes that doesn't even makes sense into the movie just to make it seem like it's full, you know. Anyways, i am not saying that this movie is an 'avoid at all costs' but it's not 'a must see' either. You can open it as a background noise on a mellow night while you are eating take outs. It's that kind of a movie, that's all. 5/10

witster18 Huge fan of the director here.I can really understand how some people hate this.WKW is an acquired taste to begin with, but then he had to go and make an "American" film. As oft the case, the foreign director here hires a musician/non-film-star, probably thinking it would be hip. It features a lot of her music anyway, right? It's just weird seeing Wong Kar Wai in English, and with known Hollywood stars. We're too busy star-gazing at Jude Law and Norah Jones to really appreciate the visual delights of the film.The script here is extremely stale, and the acting not much better. The only real treat comes later in the film with the introduction of Natalie Portman's character. Her character is the only character with any depth, and same goes for her performance. She saved this film for me.I wouldn't recommend this to anyone except those who like or are starting to get into Wong Kar Wai's films.Visually, it's just a stunning film surrounded by boring(for the most part, save Portman) characters. The film really looks fantastic. I get the sense there were some cultural hurdles here that presented problems. It might have been hard for the director to sense the quality of the line delivery, and perhaps casting could have been influenced in the same way. There was something that just didn't work with the story here. Fans of the director are use to having to read further into what this director is trying to convey, but here, the mind lacks that journey.The film also lacks the occasional shock-value usually present in the director's films. There's a small attempt made with a little subplot starring David Straithairn and Rachel Weisz. They should have played the lead roles - it would have made this film a little better.So this definitely has 'the look', but lacks the intrigue.63/100

weiszed ****Minor Spoilers***** An amazing film, throughout which my title seems to be the strongest notion. It isn't uncommon to find movies that you can relate to or that trigger a certain emotion in yourself that you enjoy feeling. But once in a great while a movie comes along that really speaks to you. I could easily write several pages but I will do my best to confine my thoughts to several paragraphs.This is a film that you can let roll on in the background like a rhythmic blues song and and let it talk like only the out-of-focus can. Yet always present in the rhythm is the sad drawn out song of how lonely we can become and all the ways we dance around our heartache in an effort to run from it or allow the feeling to linger. In either case we never really put it behind us. This is illuminated by Jude Law's keys as well as the intermittent chapter screens constantly referencing the time elapsed and mileage from the first heartbreak.You will often see characters hesitate not in dialogue but in action which really adds to the notion that this movie is about the journey, rather than the destination. At one point Elizabeth states "I don't have any specific destination in mind but...I'm just gonna go till I run out of places to go". Her character is very relatable, has a natural beauty that allows you to pay attention to her without getting distracted and only speaks when she needs to. Thumbs up to Norah's utilization.Weisz gives a great performance (although I hate seeing her play dark roles) that really hits deep around the 45 min mark. She delivers a key scene involving a bar tab that came across strongly to me as an analogy for responsibility in matters of the heart.Portman also really came through on her role and bears its weight without flinching. I wasn't quite sure about why her character was placed in the movie till the very end of her story but it fits. The strategic use of Jude Law keeps male viewers interested and the story tied town to a timeline.Once in a very great while the dialogue sputters unnaturally and while the cinematography is very good, there are a handful of uses that jump out against the tone of the film. Either way, this movie has made it to my top 5 and I will be checking out Kar Wai Wong's other films for sure. Well done! 8.5/10

Imdbidia My Bluberry Nights tells the story of Elizabeth -played by Norah Jones- a girl with a broken heart who leaves NY for a journey of emotional healing around the States working in several night cafés and pubs and meeting different characters with which she gets involved. The story is told through the postcards and letters that she sends to a friend - played by Jude Law- the owner of her favorite cake café in NY. Most of the movie happens at night time.It is a very artistic film, in which the setting, the characters, the colors, the textures, and the music are precisely chosen to offer a classic portrait of the American night and characters. To me, it is recreation of the American night life that we see in all American classic films, revisited and revamped. An homage, if you want. An emotional ode to the American night. In fact, the characters of the movie remind us of those characters that we've seen in noir films of the 50s and 60s, but still they are played with conviction and portrayed with passion.The night is filmed with great style and feeling, and the music really helps the viewer to go inside and be part that magical and dangerous urban space of the night of any American city.Especially good in their acting, actually really great, are Rachel Weisz, David Strathairn and Natalie Portman in their respective roles. Jude Law is just OK in his role , although his role is not very demanding dramatically.The biggest flaw of the film is the presence of Norah Jones in it, a pretty face without expression, without any dramatic depth, and without any acting talent whatsoever. It is not her fault, as she shouldn't have been chosen for that role in the first place, just her beautiful music. Moreover, her character is not well developed in the script, therefore, Elizabeth is reduced to a linking role -despite she being the main role- and her miseries and failure are not explained or examined with depth at all.The film has poor reviews in general, but I loved it in spite of its flaws because of its stylish atmosphere, its emotional depiction of the American night life and underground characters, the wonderful music, and the performances of some of the actors. This movie has a special something to me.