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My Blueberry Nights Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 67

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Norah Jones, making her big-screen debut as a wistful wanderer, is a beautiful blank, and the fragments barely add up to a movie.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  The director is chasing a mood here -- a mood, an atmosphere and feelings -- much as he did in "In the Mood for Love."

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  As much a trifle as its title suggests, My Blueberry Nights sees Hong Kong stylist Wong Kar Wai applying his characteristic visual and thematic doodles to a wispy story of lovelorn Yanks.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  The use of recognizable movie stars doesn't help, r serve Wong's style. My Blueberry Nights" should have played like a memory, but its hard-living, luckless losers are too beautiful to be believed.

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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Often ponderous, sometimes pretentious and mostly clichd, this contrived meditation on longing and loss feels like a missed opportunity.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  After 90 minutes of My Blueberry Nights, which pass pleasantly enough, with swirly, mood-saturated colors; lovely faces; and nice music, you may feel a bit logy yourself -- filled up, sugar-addled, but not really satisfied.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Wall Street Journal

  Alternately precious and vapid, the movie attempts to wrest metaphors from a jar of house keys, and eternal verities from pastry. Slice the pie how you will, it's still half-baked.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips

  Isn’t eye candy; it’s a drool-worthy slice of eye pie.

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