Film Review – Blue Is the Warmest Color

“Blue Is the Warmest Color” is generating a considerable amount of
controversy due to its explicit content, with an eight-minute-long
lesbian sex scene helping the film receive the dreaded NC-17 stamp from
the MPAA. It’s actually amusing to see the movie’s release trigger such
uptightness because the sex adds up to a mere eight minutes out of 180 minutes
of screen time. It’s hardly a concern with a picture this ponderous,
acting more as smelling salts for this French after school special,
which is so distracted with its verite execution, it leaves out any
sense of emotional urgency. “Blue Is the Warmest Color” take three hours
to tell a story that tops out at 90 minutes, 98 if you leave in the
bumping and grinding. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com