Forty Shades of Blue

Name: Forty Shades of Blue
Genre: Drama
Released: September 28, 2005
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 74

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Capital Entertainment | Release Date: September 28, 2005 | R

Summary: Forty Shades of Blue tells the story of Laura, a young Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock n' roll legend, and the personal awakening she experiences in the wake of her unfortunate affair with his estranged son. (First Look Pictures)

Director: Ira Sachs

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 108 min

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Kate Taylor

Delicate, intelligent and honest. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Alan, who Mr. Sachs has said was based on his own father, is a great character - passionate, complicated, bursting with life. Those words also describe Mr. Torn's performance. Read full review

Sean Axmaker

The song may be somewhat familiar, but Sach gets understated performances from his entire cast and finds interesting harmonies as they play out their clashing duets. Read full review

Roger Ebert

I despised the character of Alan James so sincerely that I had to haul back at one point to remind myself that, hey, I've met Rip Torn and he's a nice guy and he's only acting. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Rip Torn gives his best performance in years. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

It's Korzun's film, and she is in complete control of her character, never divulging too much of the haunted woman under the studied facade of American hotsiness. Read full review

Empire Patrick Peters

Rip Torn and Darren Burrows respectively over- and underplay their hands in this archly restrained Memphis melodrama. Read full review

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FranciscoM.

Oct 6, 2005

Rip Torn gives an amazing performance. I really enjoyed the film.

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BrianC.

Jun 25, 2006

Dynamite acting pulls this several notches above the pack.. Rip Torn is memorable.

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JohnB.

Jul 5, 2006

I can't imagine how this film received so many good reviews. (best drama at Sundance-you must be kidding!) It is a really thin, depressing little story that goes nowhere. The relationships between the characters are not in any way believable or interesting, and even the sex scenes were I can't imagine how this film received so many good reviews. (best drama at Sundance-you must be kidding!) It is a really thin, depressing little story that goes nowhere. The relationships between the characters are not in any way believable or interesting, and even the sex scenes were poorly done. [***SPOILERS***] The final scene was representative of the entire film-the female lead walks away from the car-no resolution, no closure, no reason to know what will happen to the characters, and even worse, no reason to care.The director is obviously new at filmaking, and needs more experience. I'm only sorry I had to sit through one of his early learning experiences, because it was boring and worth nothing.… Expand

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