ORIGINAL TITLE Blue Jasmine

YEAR 2013 Apple Trailer

RUNNING TIME 98 min. 
COUNTRY
DIRECTOR Woody Allen
SCREENWRITER Woody Allen
COMPOSER Miscellaneous
CINEMATOGRAPHER Javier Aguirresarobe
CAST Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard, Alden Ehrenreich, Sally Hawkins, Louis C.K.,Michael Stuhlbarg, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Max Casella, Tammy Blanchard
STUDIO/PRODUCER Sony Pictures / Gravier Productions / Perdido Productions
GENRE Drama. Comedy | Comedy-Drama

SYNOPSIS/PLOT Housewife Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) was once wealthy and famous in New York society, but now she is broke and even homeless. He is forced to move to San Francisco to live with Ginger (Sally Hawkins), her working-class sister, in a small apartment with her boyfriend Chili (Bobby Cannavale), Jasmine's life is in the most crucial stages of an acute crisis, and she is always remembering her former life in Manhattan and the Hamptons with her husband, Hal (Alec Baldwin).

PRO REVIEWS ----------------------------------------

"Although marred by a couple of too-convenient plot contrivances, this often humorous drama lands firmly in the plus column among the Woodman's recent works" (Todd McCarthy: The Hollywood Reporter)

----------------------------------------

"Blanchett’s performance is so dominant in terms of screentime and emotional impact that the film succeeds as not only a virtuoso ensemble piece, but also an unflinchingly intimate study of the character in the title" (Justin Chang: Variety)

----------------------------------------

"[Allen's] most sustained, satisfying and resonant film since 'Match Point'" (Manohla Dargis: The New York Times)

----------------------------------------

"Want to see great acting, from comic to tragic and every electrifying stop in between? See Cate Blanchett in 'Blue Jasmine' (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of four)" (Peter Travers: Rolling Stone)

----------------------------------------

"It’s real 'Streetcar Named Desire' territory as the fights pile up, and if you think that doesn’t sound entertaining, know that it is, in a hypnotically catastrophic way (...) rating: ***** (out of five)" (Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out)

----------------------------------------

"It's one of the year's finest, most complex portrayals, in one of Allen's best films in years (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of four)" (Claudia Puig: USA Today)

----------------------------------------

"It’s amazing how skilled he [Allen] is in making his old ideas seem fresh, lively, even urgent. His new drama Blue ¬Jasmine comes this close to being a wheeze. But he sells it beautifully." (David Edelstein: New York Magazine)

----------------------------------------

"Richly chronicled characters, sharp dialogue and that stupendous centerpiece performance by Cate Blanchett are contributing factors in the best summer movie of 2013 and one of the most memorable Woody Allen movies ever (...) Rating: **** (out of four)" (Rex Reed: The New York Observer)

----------------------------------------

"'Blue Jasmine' belongs to Blanchett, who (...) frees it from the limitations of Allen's style, pushing it to far sharper results than any of the more traditional movies (...) that he's churned out in the past dozen or so years" (Eric Kohn: Indiewire)

----------------------------------------