Out of the Blue
Quiver Distribution | Release Date: August 26, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
We Got This CoveredMartin CarrAug 23, 2022
There is something undeniably romantic about film noir that that makes Neil LaBute’s Out Of The Blue one of his most alluring cinematic concoctions to date. Read full review
58
The Film StageJared MobarakAug 25, 2022
The film’s simply a bit off-kilter—written with influences blatantly on its sleeves yet uninterested in subverting any assumptions that fact guarantees. I must be missing something. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAug 25, 2022
Like most of LaBute’s work, Out of the Blue is talky, sparsely staged and presented with his signature detachment. The two leads are fine. Read full review
42
ColliderErick MassotoAug 26, 2022
Its dialogue is constructed in a way that would sound unnatural even in a daytime soap opera, and Kruger works her best to save it, but there’s only so much she can do. The story is so poorly developed it feels like an outline of a script, all in favor of a final plot twist that would be jaw-dropping…in the 1930s. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 24, 2022
The general idea here is a sound one, taking the conventions of a celebrated genre and sending them up. But LaBute’s incessant grasping for laughs out of “The Next Tuesday” and “Sometime After That” titles is instantly cloying. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesGeoff BerkshireAug 26, 2022
There’s no question writer-director Neil LaBute’s effort doesn’t catch fire. Read full review
25
TheWrapRobert AbeleAug 24, 2022
Maybe if you hate movies, LaBute’s attempt to bore us to death with classic noir material is a nifty prank. For anyone else, you’re better off revisiting Garfield and Turner, or Stanwyck and MacMurray, or Hurt and Turner — or even “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid.” Read full review
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