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Forty Shades of Blue
Directed by
Ira Sachs
R
2005
1h 48m
Drama
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Romance
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6.1
63%
44%
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A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-'n'-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.
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Cast of Forty Shades of Blue
Rip Torn
Alan James
Dina Korzun
Laura
Darren E. Burrows
Michael James
Paprika Steen
Lonni
Red West
Duigan
Jenny O'Hara
Celia
Andrew Henderson
Sam James
Elizabeth Morton
Cindy
Joanne Pankow
Aunt Betty
Arielle Kight
Teenage Singer
J. Blackfoot
Himself
Jerry Chipman
Shel
Mary Jean Bentley
Gena
Charly Kayle
Karin
J. Allen Scott
Press Photographer
Earl Randle
Old Timer
Don Pirl
Man at Peabody Bar
Stuart Greer
Tom Skolnick
Jennifer LaCapra
Woman with Tom
Lillie White
Minnie
Mimmye Goode
Nursery School Teacher
Monette McLin
Nursery School Parent
Forrest Pruett
Studio Engineer
Todd Malta
Waiter
Charles J. Ingram
Ronnie
John Boyd West
Barry
Howard Keltner
Salesman
Claude Phillips
Tennis Club Valet
Emily McKenna
April James
Stan Prachniak
Lake Party Bartender
Archie Mitchell
Lake Party Reveler
Forty Shades of Blue Ratings & Reviews
Arizona Republic
Richard Nilsen
It contains some very good performances and some finely observed writing.
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Rob Thomas
"Forty Shades of Blue" might have benefited from a little more honest melodrama, as the film is so subtle at times that it barely registers.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
The magnificent Korzun ... [delivers] a performance of internalized anguish.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
Ira Sachs' story of hereditary malaise, passed from father to son, will disappoint anyone looking for a propulsive narrative or slam-bang excitement. But it will amply reward patient viewers who prefer a slow burn.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
A nicely tuned American indie drama in a minor key...
Los Angeles CityBeat
Andy Klein
The characters are going through significant life crises, yet we're given no particular reason to like them or be interested.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
[Torn's] acting so well he not only creates this character, but makes him into an object lesson.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
Forty Shades of Blue hits you like a shot of moonshine whiskey. Right in the gut, with a buzz that just keeps going.
Detroit News
Tom Long
A nuanced meditation on the context of happiness and the problem with great expectations.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
[Sachs] fails to make us care enough about the characters to share their pain.
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
The payoff comes at the end with a glimpse smack into the souls of characters more complex than those usually seen onscreen.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Director Ira Sachs moves to the rhythms of his native Memphis, teasing emotional resonance out of geography.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Forty Shades of Blue is a daring film, full of muffled yet suggestive moments.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Ira Sachs's beautiful, melancholy film, winner of the top prize at Sundance this year, features a passionate performance by Rip Torn as a legendary record producer.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
It's worth sticking with 40 Shades of Blue to catch two of the year's most richly detailed pieces of acting.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
A rare serving of adept regional indie cinema.
Slant Magazine
Keith Uhlich
There hasn't been a [Sundance] Grand Jury Prize winner this terrific since Tom Noonan's What Happened Was...
Variety
Todd McCarthy
A muted but nicely observed study of a Russian woman's gradual estrangement from her domineering Memphis music-legend husband.
The Hollywood Reporter
Duane Byrge
Plodding and predictable.
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