Powder Blue (2009)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Timothy Linh Bui

Writers:

Timothy Linh Bui (story)
Timothy Linh Bui (writer)

Release Date:

30 July 2009 (Russia)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Every life has a breaking point

Plot:

Four Los Angelenos -- a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest, and a stripper -- are brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas Eve | Ex Priest | Suicidal | Mortician | Rose

Cast

Jessica Biel	...	Rose Johnny
Eddie Redmayne	...	Qwerty Doolittle
Forest Whitaker	...	Charlie
Ray Liotta	...	Jack Doheny
Lisa Kudrow	...	Sally
Patrick Swayze	...	Velvet Larry
Kris Kristofferson	...	Randall
Alejandro Romero	...	Lexus
Sanaa Lathan	...	Diana
Chandler Canterbury	...	Billy
Jeffery A. Baker	...	Slim (as Jeffery Adam Baker)
Navid Negahban	...	Dr. Brooks
Ravi Patel	...	Sanjay
Billy Wirth	...	David
Don Swayze	...	Bouncer

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

106 min | Germany:115 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Blue Snow Productions

Trivia:

When Rose-Johnny and Jack talk by telephone through the glass, their reflections are always visible when they aren't in the shot. In The Silence of the Lambs (1991), this effect is also used between Starling and Hannibal Lector.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: You can see Forest Whitaker's reflection in glass in the scene where he sits next to his wife on the bench, as if the shot has been taken from inside a car.

Quotes:

Jack Doheny: Just stop.
Rose Johnny: Are you afraid of me?
Jack Doheny: I'm old enough to be your father.
Rose Johnny: Most of them are.

Movie Connections:

References Annie Hall (1977)

Soundtrack:

Never Meant To Hurt You

Excellent

I guess that there are no comments in this section because people are speechless after watching the movie. The clichéd label of a film where worlds collide, doesn't do it justice. Anyone who has ever felt the emotional pain of having it all and then seemingly having nothing will understand the message behind this tale. Also the raw emotions that are born through loneliness and suffering. Above all of this there seems to be an underlying message of the goodness of human nature and the fact that the world keeps on turning no matter what. Needless to say i really liked it and thought the acting was second to none. The most touching movie I have seen in a long time.