christopher-underwood This is not usually the kind of film I would pick up but I was intrigued that it was Wong Kar Wai who directed and that Lawrence Block had a hand in the writing. Not sure if this should be called a romantic comedy, probably not as its not very funny, nor is is particularly romantic. I guess there are romantic notions, deliberations over whether to have the infamous blueberry pie, the rather charming business regarding customer keys left at the diner and other little things made rather a lot of. Main thing, this is really good to look at. As was to be expected this is very colourful with the director making the most of neon and reflections. Not afraid to shoot wondrous close-ups irrelevant to the dialogue. Which brings us to Lawrence Block, whose work I have read rather a lot of. Apart from his hard edged villainous stuff (and even within some of those) he can switch effortlessly to believable, small time dialogue, bit like how Tarantino does rather heavy-handedly. Here the actors seem to have had a hand in it too, so much comes across as improvised and no the worse for that. Its just this doesn't really go anywhere, not really, but it is not an unpleasant way to spend some time.

mrshev This film has a good few things going for it. A stellar cast, a good director and an interesting premise. It is shot BEAUTIFULLY. The DOP on this knocked it out of the park, it just looks sumptuous. The lighting is magnificent and every scene is composed and framed like an oil painting.But, the problem with this movie is - unfortunately - threefold. Firstly, the script is terrible - a real stinker - and it screams of lack of re-writing and editing. It just has no punch or pizazz at all and goes nowhere...slowly. The second problem is the acting. There is obviously some acting talent on this film. David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman gamely pull a little joy from the script but this is definitely not one for the reel. The rest of the cast are pretty terrible. Jude Law, given a weak script, shows his limitations and his Manc accent goes from Lancashire to Leeds to North London and then back again. His chemistry with Norah Jones is like brother and sister and is a bit: ewww! Norah Jones should stick to singing, Full stop. The rest of the ensemble are TV character actors hamming it up in cameos.The third problem is that a good director can see the limitation in the script and the acting talent and work around it. Wong doesn't do that and some of his directorial decisions are weird. The over use of stepped frames, terrible editing (you notice the edits) and misuse of thematic camera angles are just a couple of errors.Ultimately this is a film that is lovely to look at but fails the most important screen test: tell a story that makes you care about the characters. 3 stars for the DOP.

zif ofoz a wonderfully simple story of the wants of the human heart. desire can so often cloud our true feelings and we must experience life - first hand - to understand ourselves.i so greatly enjoyed this movie and i agree with other reviewers that there are holes in the story but - so what. the characterizations are so perfect and grasping of the viewers imagination any flaw in the story seems minor.if you want a story of soul searching and personal adventure to discover 'the self' this is your flick. some of us must seek through travel others are willing to wait it out hoping it will come to us. here we have both sides meeting - leaving - returning.this isn't a great movie but it is a wonderful story. please - give a chance!

hydebee-2 if you are here on IMDb, you will notice that most really bad movies have a high rating, such is the case for this piece of crap.in reality there is less than 1 of 6 movies that rate 4 stars , but here on IMDb it is more like 5 of 6 movies are 4 stars, so you begin to see that the people who tend to write reviews like the movies , my reviews are written from a neutral view, so with that said here we go my review of "my blueberry nights".Norah Jones is singer writer ,lets hope she stays that, i do not know if it was the material she had to work with or the ideal of the director to make a singer a star, but this movie sucks -plain and simple, it appeals mainly to women. the whole ideal of blue berry pie being orgasmic. i have sit thru some really bad female movies(eat-pray -puke)but blueberry nights is the worst, to me personally this is the worst movie of all time, it literally made me sick to my stomach , i wanted to get up and leave,Norah is the main character who leaves her boy friend Jude law , he makes really great blueberry pies , she takes off on a road trip no it is not a funny ,enjoyable road trip but a very dark trip filled with sickos , and very stereo-typed jazz joints as the ones in Memphis,on her journey she goes thru Memphis-neworlens-and Vegas to mention a few she meets a crazy cop,his even crazier wife, and then a crazy gambler played by Natalie portman,i don't know who would bankroll this crap but someone did and in my honest opinion this may be worst movie of all time, it reminds me of being held a captive in a nightmare, the funny thing is it had Jude law and Natalie portman in it, i am a Jude law fan,but i guess this shows anyone can be bought for money .miss Jones you need to stick to singing.and BTW if you are offered blueberry pie turn it down for chocolate cake.