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My Blueberry Nights
2008
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Directed
by: Kar Wai WongStars: Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman
Length: 111 minutes
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My Blueberry Nights
synopsis
New Yorker Elizabeth (Norah Jones) is heartbroken after her boyfriend cheats on her, falling in to a friendship with lonely cafe owner Jeremy (Jude Law). Desperate to get over what has happened, she leaves suddenly to take a road trip across the country, working as a waitress and getting involved in the screwed up lives of the characters she meets along the way. Elizabeth stays in touch with Jeremy by postcard, but will she ever return to eat blueberry pie in his cafe?
New Yorker Elizabeth (Norah Jones) is heartbroken after her boyfriend cheats on her, falling in to a friendship with lonely cafe owner Jeremy (Jude Law). Desperate to get over what has happened, she leaves suddenly to take a road trip across the country, working as a waitress and getting involved in the screwed up lives of the characters she meets along the way. Elizabeth stays in touch with Jeremy by postcard, but will she ever return to eat blueberry pie in his cafe?
Opinion on My Blueberry
Nights
There are a few things that make this film really compelling. The story may not, on the surface, sound like one of them - we’ve all seen our share of road trip films - but it’s rare to get the thoughtful perspective of a young woman who isn’t down-and-out, who isn’t a caricature, who isn’t a wife, a girlfriend or a mother. Elizabeth heads off in to the unknown to slog her guts out as a waitress so that she can start to numb the painful memories of a lost love and to buy a car to make moving around easier - not because she is destitute or desperate. That means we get a much more considered viewpoint of what’s happening around her, with Norah Jones bringing a melancholy, soulful quality to the character.
There are a few things that make this film really compelling. The story may not, on the surface, sound like one of them - we’ve all seen our share of road trip films - but it’s rare to get the thoughtful perspective of a young woman who isn’t down-and-out, who isn’t a caricature, who isn’t a wife, a girlfriend or a mother. Elizabeth heads off in to the unknown to slog her guts out as a waitress so that she can start to numb the painful memories of a lost love and to buy a car to make moving around easier - not because she is destitute or desperate. That means we get a much more considered viewpoint of what’s happening around her, with Norah Jones bringing a melancholy, soulful quality to the character.
Jude Law is the best I’ve ever seen him as Jeremy, a man with bittersweet memories and a poetic outlook on life. A calm, friendly Mancunian running a cafe in New York, he’s the perfect person for Elizabeth to pour her heart out to when things go wrong with her boyfriend, and Law brims with emotion as he gazes at her, sleeping on his counter top after too much blueberry pie and not enough rest. But it’s not all wistfulness and longing - watch out for some very funny moments when he tries to track Elizabeth down by phone.
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