Movie Reviews for Blue Sky

Blue Sky

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Movie Reviews of Blue Sky

Movie Review: Perfect
Summary: 5 Stars

The shipment was on time and the product was brand new and sealed in plastic.

Movie Review: Sexual Politics, Nuclear Politics-Who Could Ask For More
Summary: 4 Stars

It's not always true, of course, but very often the Academy Awards' "Best Actress" category proves one of the hardest to handicap, and therefore one of the most interesting. The nominees in this category are frequently from "smaller" films, and are ofttimes the best thing about the movie. Sure Jodie Foster's second win was for a commercial and critical blockbuster (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS), but her first Oscar for the less heralded THE ACCUSED, which many critics found to be seriously flawed and wasn't exactly a runaway hit at the box office, but damned if she didn't earn that Oscar. She was riveting in that film.

Almost a decade later, Jessica Lange performed a similar achievement and walked off with an Academy Award for a "smallish" film that almost never saw the light of day. BLUE SKY, director Tony Richardson's final film, has powerful performances by Lange and Tommy Lee Jones (as her beleaguered husband) and a solid supporting cast is solid), but it suffers from a somewhat rickety storyline that gets increasingly implausible as the film goes on.

Much of the movie is devoted to Hank and Carly Marshall's complex and largely dysfunctional family life, and those scenes are certainly compelling. The dynamic between Jones' solid, supportive Hank and Lange's vulnerable Carly is somewhat reminiscent of that of Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands in Cassavetes A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE. But BLUE SKY'S mad scene seems a little rushed--heck, it's not even ten minutes into the movie. If Carly's going to break down by that point, we're either in for a lengthy psychodrama, or a sharp divergence in the plot.

Turns out it's the latter. What some have described as the film's nuclear coverup subplot pretty much becomes the main plot by the movie's end, serving to provide Carly a chance to find her own strength and to come to the rescue of her man. Tricked by Hank's villainous commanding officer (the ever sinister Powers Boothe) into having her husband institutionalized, Carly can only redeem herself by taking bold initiative and effecting his escape. It all gets a little preposterous plot-wise, but the strong performances, the sharp depiction of early 60s mores, manners and sexual politics make BLUE SKY well worth seeing.

Movie Review: Great Movie!
Summary: 4 Stars

I very much enjoyed the movie for reasons that I can relate to the stress military life brings to a family. My husband is active duty Army & our family has endured the moves to various places much like the ones depicted in the film. I can relate to Jessica Lange's character, because I know how challenging it is to try and make inadequate housing feel like a cozy home. It can definitely bring out the *crazy* in any sane person!
I feel both Tommy Lee Jones & Jessica Lange gave stellar performances in this film!!

Movie Review: Blue Sky
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a terrific movie regarding military life in the '60s. Jessica Lange truly deserved her Oscar and Tommy Lee is excellent and of course Powers Booth shows his narily side which he protrays so well in so many movies. I can't even tell you how many times I have seen this movie and I will watch it again and again.