{"id":2140,"date":"2020-08-25T15:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T21:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2020-06-26T21:52:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T03:52:48","slug":"movie-blue-jasmine-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/25\/movie-blue-jasmine-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: Blue Jasmine (2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2013
\nRating: PG-13
\nLength: 98 minutes \/ 1.63 hours<\/p>\n

After the critical success of Midnight in Paris<\/em> (2011), it seems that Cate Blanchett followed in Owen Wilson\u2019s footsteps by providing her best Woody Allen impression in Blue Jasmine<\/em> (2013). Of course, this is no coincidence, considering that pretty much all of Allen\u2019s films are distinctly in his neurotic New Yorker style. After all, he writes and directs his films, which allows him to be on the screen, even if it\u2019s not him directly acting on it. Still, Blue Jasmine<\/em> falls into that happy medium of being a commentary on society as well as an examination of the mental illness it creates.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s plenty of dark humor present when Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) comes to stay with her poorer sister, Ginger (Sally Hawkins). The culture clash of the New York elite and struggling-to-get-by is exemplified in Jasmine\u2019s inability to adapt to a life of poverty after having lived in a life of luxury for so long. There\u2019s a certain tone in her voice that easily conveys that \u201clook down your nose\u201d mentality that constantly judges others who she feels are beneath her. Some of the comedy here comes from being smacked in the face with the reality of the working class.<\/p>\n

While the \u201cfish out of water\u201d plot is funny at times, Blanchett nails Allen\u2019s neurotic main character. The fact that it\u2019s not an adorable quirk, but rather a severe mental condition, speaks to the growth and maturity of Allen\u2019s writing. Blue Jasmine<\/em> could have played this condition for laughs, but instead decides to show the ramifications of a nervous breakdown in its uncomfortable moments. Even if I doubt this sparks any conversation about the state of the healthcare system to deal with mental health adequately, it\u2019s an excellent introduction to a world that most people (fortunately) never experience.<\/p>\n

Cate Blanchett in her best Woody Allen impression, I give Blue Jasmine<\/em> 3.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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