When Detective Mike Hoolihan is called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell, she is affected in ways she struggles to comprehend.... (Full plot summary below)
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When Detective Mike Hoolihan is called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell, she is affected in ways she struggles to comprehend.
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| The Observer (UK)Mark KermodeHaving now seen the film three times, I find myself loving it all the more for its imperfections. When a film-maker aims this high, how can one do anything but watch in wonder? |
| Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangMorley sustains a vibe of low-key Lynchian weirdness throughout, enough to keep your mind from wandering even as the investigation meanders this way and that. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreThe plot is more cluttered than clear, almost playing fair with what the audience knows and what Mike should be able to reason out, but never quite. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawPerhaps in one of the alternate universe versions of this movie, the characters come across as human beings acting out of understandable motivations, but the version in this universe tries too hard to both be and comment on the genre of crime stories, and does not succeed at either. |
| CineVueChristopher MachellOut of Blue undeniably works as a stylish, psychological neo-noir, but significantly less so as metaphysical rumination. |
| The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinOut of Blue is one of those films you're not sure if you really enjoyed viewing, but you're immensely glad that it exists, cheered to know the film industry still has room for maverick, boundary-smudging work like this. |
| TheWrapWilliam BibbianiAt its best, Out of Blue captures a slightly intoxicated “eureka” sensation, as the whole detective genre transforms elegantly into a philosophical awakening, and as the greatest threat comes not from a murderer but from our protagonist’s sense of self (or lack thereof). At its worst, which is most of the time, it’s a conventional detective story that resorts to lengthy scientific-namedropping when it probably should be getting on with it instead. |
| Screen InternationalWendy IdeWith its arch, Lynchian tropes and curiously mannered dialogue, which may be deliberately disengaged from reality or may just be out of tune with the voices of the characters, this film will not be for everyone. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe plodding Out of Blue isn’t out of ideas — just out of gas. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorPart police procedural, part supernatural thriller, part lesson in metaphysics and all neo-noir, Carol Morley’s Out of Blue never gels into a convincing whole. |
