Out of the Blue

I'm not about to say that Out of the Blue is a good movie or anything, but I believe the reviews/ratings for it are a bit harsh. It has a myriad of flaws, but "one time watchability" is not one of them and that should matter to someone looking for a film to keep themselves occupied for the night. The acting is average, with the exception of Hank Azaria who is pretty funny in his limited role. The plot follows the usual cliches of a "film noir" and is not particularly novel in any way, but you do want to see what happens in the end and that keeps you engaged the whole time up till the obvious ending and the laughable final twist at the very end which is pretty much an arbitrary add on. The biggest flaw which was mentioned earlier is the LAUGHABLE interlude frames which let the audience know how much time has elapsed. It is soooooo cheesy and totally ruins the flow of the movie. Don't know what the director was thinking with that. Still if you're bored, it's not the worst movie to occupy yourself with if you like noirish films.

Sorry to say, I am not a very astute, in-depth, insightful movie watcher, but I figured out this plot in the first 3 minutes; & I do mean three minutes. The movie went downhill from there with its predictability. Every scene, following those three minutes, unfortunately, just proved my hunch to be more & more correct. The movie actually became painful to watch because of its trite, predictably. I continued to watch out of humorous curiosity to see how correct I was. Humour soon became anger. I wanted to yell at the characters, telling them how ridiculous they were being. "Stop, think, don't fall for it, the way every movie guy does!" But, I knew it was too late to tell them, I was watching a movie so the deed was all ready done & "in the can" as I've heard movie people say. What a shame. That's 90, or so minutes I'll never get back.

Boring, generic, and completely predictable. The plot is absolutely tedious. The screen cards telling you the time that passes between each scene are completely unnecessary. They become very annoying and cut the fluidity of the story consider they appear basically every two minutes making you lose interest. To be honest I'd rather watch paint dry and get more entertainments from it. Diane Kruger is one of the most boring and unerotic actresses in the industry. I've seen the Kardashians act out better emotions than this wannabe Hollywood actress. In a nutshell another forgettable performance on Kruger's part!

The end is made to shock us and reveal the absurdity of this kind of movies. But it is a bit forced and cringy. I felt nothing for any of the characters.

I blame Neil LaBute for writing and directing this awful picture which should have been so much better. It probably would've been had an a more talented screenwriter created it. I want to commend the actors, especially Ray Nicholson who gave as good a performance as this limited screenplay allowed. I hope he's not discouraged. It's regrettable that he and the others, including Diane Kruger and Hank Azria, two excellent actors, hitched their professional stars to this terrible project. Hopefully they'll be more selective in what they do going froward.

There is nothing novel about the script. It's far fetched in addition to its numerous other problems. I recommend skipping it, as you'll never retrieve the hour and forty four minutes you'll lose.

I cannot believe I just got sucked in and watched this entire movie. The main reason for its low rating is the acting. Krueger and Azaria were the only decent actors. I felt like I was watching a Nickelodeon teen soap. Well, with a little more spice and violence. The story itself wasn't too bad but it started spiraling near the end. The very ending was the WORST. Please...with all the creative people in Hollywood I am sure they can do a better job than this! The only thing this movie had going for it was the scenery. Looks like it takes place in the northeast and it's just gorgeous! That's the only way it got its 1 star.