Blue Jay

2016
15
1h 20m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

21K

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Sarah Paulson and Mark Duplass in Blue Jay (2016)

Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.

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Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.Meeting by chance when they return to their tiny California hometown, two former high-school sweethearts reflect on their shared past.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

21K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
There was no script. The actors were given a summary of the movie and their characters and the rest was improvization.

Quotes
Amanda: But there is this sadness... and I don't know where it comes from.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Ben Affleck/Sarah Paulson/Green Day (2016)

Soundtracks
Black River Waltz
Written and Performed by Jacob Aranda
Courtesy of Fox River Productions

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Featured review

8/10

Childhood sweethearts meet in a grocery store... the rest is history.

Sometimes we have the pleasure to watching a film that is simple and complicated and honest. This movie is fantastical in that it allows the viewer to experience wish fulfillment in a way that the "adulting" generation lacks. It is romantic and kind. Mark Duplass writes a simple and powerful script that allows Sarah Paulson to shine. Their chemistry is contagious and mimics the innocence of love in youth and life in adulthood. Filmed in shades of grey, it is an artistic homage to what life was like before it unfolded into adulthood. If anyone has strolled down memory lane and recognized where life experience has created the person they've become... then this film is for you. (All of the perfect 90's references don't hurt either.)

Simple and beautiful, it is worth the watch. 7 days of filming - without colour - puts the blockbuster generation to shame.

So much yes.