Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. Presented on Blu-ray.

After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal, elegant New York socialite Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) moves into her sister Ginger's modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again. Throughout his career, Woody Allen has created many indelible female characters portrayed by some of the world's greatest actresses.

Certain to take her place in this gallery of multifaceted, complex, and richly observed women is Jasmine, the troubled heroine of Allen's new film Blue Jasmine, portrayed by the extraordinary Cate Blanchett. She stars alongside an incredible supporting cast including Alex Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Bobby Cannavale, Peter Sarsgaard, Louis C.K. and Michael Stuhlbarg, in this emotionally powerful drama that is wise, tender and funny in equal measure.

Critic Reviews:

• " It's brilliantly watchable, if not mesmerising; and brilliantly performed, particularly by Cate Blanchett, who will knock your socks off, and may knock them off so explosively there is every chance you will never retrieve them again. " – Deborah Ross

• " In its basic situation can be heard the distant clang of A Streetcar Named Desire, though it's neither pastiche nor reprise, just a quietly respectful tribute. " – Anthony Quinn

• " Blanchett is the true author of Blue Jasmine. It's a towering performance that remains fixed on your brain. " – Murtada Elfadl