Blue Bayou

Focus Features | Release Date: September 17, 2021

6.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Ratings

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JLuis_001Oct 18, 2021

Blue Bayou is a film that walks between a very fine line that separates a narrative overload with sentimental manipulation, and this is because the subject lends itself to it, but at least the director and also protagonist, manages to keepBlue Bayou is a film that walks between a very fine line that separates a narrative overload with sentimental manipulation, and this is because the subject lends itself to it, but at least the director and also protagonist, manages to keep his story as a fairly firm critique of the US immigration system.

The message is important of course, but perhaps a more frank direction would've created more resonance.
I read some professional reviews that said the director could've used more subtlety, but the subject that he addresses doesn't need it.
You can't sugarcoat a theme like this one.

Alicia Vikander is excellent, and her work here deserves more attention. While Justin Chon shows that his career has improved a lot, especially for those who only know about him because of his diminutive participation in The Twilight Saga, and 21 & Over.

Give it a chance. It's not spectacular or anything like that, but it's far from being a bad movie.… Expand

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