Blue Ruin

  • 2014


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96 % Certified Fresh
$ 0 Million
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Average Rating 3.9/5
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4.2
Is the film more than an artfully spare Hatfield and McCoy yarn, a treat for discerning genre buffs Av Club
1.5
Blair miscalculates, cranking the dumbfuck pratfall levels to wacky extremes. Av Club
1.5
But Saulnier has more than a great eye; hes got the soul of a natural filmmakera patience and confidence, evident from the mysterious opening scenes o .. Av Club
4.5
He doesnt really know what hes doing, is not particularly adept with weapons, and does not have the steely demeanor of the experienced killer. Den Of Geek
4.0
Under no circumstances should you mess with a mans family, and no recent movie echoes that sentiment with more ferocity than Blue Ruin. We Got This Covered
3.5
Blue Ruin is a confident venture that smartly doles out its story in pieces, leaving the audience to happily follow its trail of breadcrumbs. Austin Chronicle
3.0
But it cant decide if it wants to be a full throttle redneck revenge flick or a more thoughtful slice of indie drama like Winters Bone. Time Out
4.5
Blue Ruin is distinguished by the way it allies solid storytelling to fine craftsmanship. Screen Daily
4.5
Blue Ruin is distinguished by the way it allies solid storytelling to fine craftsmanship. Screen Daily
4.5
Blue Ruin doesnt blow apart the revenge genre, and thats not its goal. Collider
3.5
Its an essential themeand yet it cheapens much of what it touches. Vulture
3.5
His dark revenge tale flaunts its small town strangeness, but it also keeps a sharp eye on the human beings at the storys center. Paste Magazine
4.4
Saulnier makes some interesting choices that reveal he has more on his mind than just indulging in mindless mayhem with spurts of dark comedy. Rogerebert
4.0
This is low budget filmmaking with high level skills and some calling card for Saulnier and Blair. IGN
4.0
Basically it spends its money wisely, an old B movie knack which more contemporary filmmakers could do with relearning. Telegraph
4.0
Audiences wont feel the satisfying sense of vengeance, but Blue Ruin does deliver a heavy emotional punch of its own deep, dark variety. Cinema Blend
3.0
Saulnier accomplishes something rare here.He has an ability to convey depth of feeling and ominousness without tricks or even musical cues. Ny Daily News
4.0
The revenge genre is always popular, but this one is truly unique, compelling stuff and should not be missed. JoBlo
4.4
Blair is excellent in the lead, but the filmmaking is the true star here. The Globe And Mail
4.4
(Radius TWC) To call Blue Ruin a revenge thriller is to sell this barbed wire sharp and altogether surprising American indie short. Philly
3.8
This is an auspicious piece of worka tight, taut, suspenseful little thriller that reminds one of the Coens early triumph Blood Simple, though without .. One Guys Opinion
3.8
Saulnier wastes barely a moment of screen time in this grim and gripping slice of Southern Gothic. Rogers Movie Nation
3.8
The thriller gets even more seriously violent and funny at this point. Sover
4.5
10 1 10 / 10 Revenge stories tend to celebrate violence, cashing in on the visceral appeal of righting wrongs with extreme aggression. Blue Ruin is a .. Blu Ray
3.0
Saulnier makes impressive use of silence and slow camera movements, allowing the suspense to simmer until violence seems practically inevitable. Chicago Reader
4.4
Theres something extraordinarily ordinary about Saulniers approach that cuts right through the thin skin of vengeance. Mark Reviews Movies
4.4
Unsettling, well acted action thriller that explores the nature of revenge.Macon Blair stars as a distraught man in the thriller Blue Ruin. Usa Today
3.0
Blue Ruin starts promisingly with a hairy hobo living in a blue, rusty, bullet holed Pontiac on a Delaware beach. The Times
4.0
Understated, atmospheric and compelling, Blue Ruin has an art house indie aesthetic reminiscent of the Coen brothers debut Blood Simple, and thats hig .. Radio Times
4.0
A very bloody film noir, directed with tremendous ingenuity by Jeremy Saulnier, Blue Ruin benefits from its pared down style and macabre humour. Independent
4.0
Whereas Sweden was commonly held up as a political economic Third Way between the capitalist West and the communist Iron Curtain, the budding or chafi .. Pop Matters
5.0
But his evocation of this setting is consistently well realized, with the drab landscape complementing and even commenting on the characters ruined li .. Film Journal
4.0
A stripped down tale of revenge with bloodied hands and a blackened heart, this viscerally intelligent thriller takes a new stab at an old genre with .. The Guardian
4.0
This sweaty portion of strip mall noir is essentially a lurid revenge story but filtered through an arthouse sensibility, peppered with stillness and .. The Guardian
3.5
Blue Ruin is a movie about revenge, but it reaches far past the bottom shelf titillations of fantasy to tell a richer, character driven story with a p .. Az Central
4.3
This isnt a delivery mechanism for vicarious blood lusty thrills, or an outlet for released frustrations; this is a cautionary tale about the dangers .. Npr
4.0
Now thats what I call a film with a message, not that anyone in Hollywood will heed it. Daily Mail
4.5
Its a tightly wound, and brutally tense revenge thriller that also has a message to leave its audience, never once depicting revenge as anything other .. Cinema Crazed
4.5
Its a brilliant, slow burning American revenge thriller that hardly puts a foot wrong, a work of startling violence and profound conscience that annou .. Salon
4.0
Its a darkly comic scene about the sheer difficulty of killing someone, the physical and moral toll violence takes on its perpetrators as well as its .. Slate
4.0
Blue Ruin is a simple story well told; it marks promising work from both Saulnier and Blair, and delivers on its promises of a tightly wound descent i .. Flim List
4.0
Many revenge movies come hypocritically to the conclusion that violence isnt the answer after two hours of gleeful and justifiable gore, but this has .. Empire
4.5
The act seems over quick, leaving death in all its brutality and blood, that nasty, sticky stuff that lingers. Eye For Film
3.8
Hes adrift in almost every way, and its hard to believe he has it together enough to undertake a bloody revenge plot. Sf Gate
2.0
Saulnier introduces an element of moral complexity that might have been admirable in another film but overwhelms the modest, semi parodistic realist s .. New Yorker
2.0
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3.1
By reducing its principals to stock figures in an extended chess game (the stripped down, small batch equivalent of a standard action thriller), it en .. Slant Magazine
5.0
The world doesnt need another empty genre exercise. But as Blue Ruin reminds us, it can always use more filmmakers of Saulniers resourcefulness, sensi .. Washington Post
3.5
Mocking vigilante violence while slapping it on in gorgeous splatters, Blue Ruin is little more than an archipelago of attacks and retaliations that p .. The New York Times
3.8
As an exercise in cinematic style, Blue Ruin is well worth seeing. Boston Globe
3.2
Clearly this is supposed to be a parable on the never ending cycle of violence, but theres no real rationale driving it. Reeling Reviews
4.5
There is total fear and utter grief here, visceral pain and bloody mess. Flickfilosopher
4.0
Though coloured by indie sensibilities, Blue Ruin offers the momentum of hard edged pulp and the viscera of full on exploitation cinema.Please make it .. The Irish Times
4.0
Then the mists of mystery drift away and Blue Ruin morphs into a revenge thriller splattered with momentsof black comedy and existential horror. Total Film
2.5
Jeremy Saulniers talented but sophomoric low budgeter straddles the divide between genre thriller and art piece with mixed results. Hollywood Reporter
5.0
Dwight looks to be around 30, though as one of the traumatized homeless you see too often now its hard to tell. Los Angeles Times
3.8
Perhaps Blue Ruins greatest strength and weakness reside in the development of character. Groucho Reviews
4.4
This is one of the best performances any actor will give this year. Aisle Seat
3.8
Filmmaker Guillaume Canet does a superb job of immediately capturing the viewers attention, as Blood Ties opens with a fantastic and thoroughly exciti .. Reel Film
3.8
Its a movie about violence, yes.But its really about the violence that our own vengeance does to us. Nj
3.8
Not much is said, but much is communicated in a blood soaked film that acts as its own accuser. The Star
5.0
Saulniers intelligent script is a model of restraint and a strong sense of humour. Film Freak Central
4.5
At the same time, its bitterly human and absolutely riveting.Despite the ugliness, the audience need never feel uncomfortable about being witness to i .. Oregon Live
4.0
As the corpses pile up, Blue Ruin plays like an ever expanding Mexican Standoff, death met with death in a sprawling network of violence that implicat .. Now Toronto
4.2
Everything in the opening scenes of Jeremy Saulniers nerve racking revenge drama Blue Ruin is the color of a bruise, from the ocean to the bullet hole .. La Weekly
3.0
Its uneven and underdeveloped, but Blue Ruin succeeds as a lean and unflinchingly brutal take on a familiar genre. Digital Spy
3.8
Sparse of dialogue, terrifically ominous and full of low key, high quality performances, Blue Ruin is a vigilante tale even haters like me can get beh .. New York Post
3.8
An efficient, 86 minute genre piece like this may be fat free, but it also leaves room for details that would set it aside from its cinematic relative .. Red Eye Chicago
3.5
Strong suspense levels help maintain good momentum and Blair anchors proceedings admirably. Independent Ie
3.8
Without giving the finale away, the film culminates exactly as it should, and must. Dustin Put Man
4.0
Its a remarkably effective exploration of how deep emotions can lead people into the most hopeless situations imaginable. Contact Music
4.4
...a genre film, but its not an empty headed one. Its accessible in the same way Jim Thompsons crime novels are ... Ar Kansas Online
4.0
To do so would dull the tragedy; and while the film is gloomy, its definitely not dull. Film Racket
4.4
Its a riveting thriller that seems to be directed by the haphazard whims of the wind. Larsen On Film
1.5
But heres where Blue Ruin steers into less travelled, more fascinating territory. Ign
4.0
Though the film more than fulfills its genre requirements as a tense, diamond sharp 90 minute thriller, Saulnier never lets the action get cartoonish, .. The Dissolve
3.0
Or just a film about a man in a terrible, terrible mess.Either way, the phased disconnection works a treat. Film Comment
2.0
The absolute antithesis of the standard cheer on the wronged revenge thriller, writer director Jeremy Saulniers Blue Ruin is a stripped down take that .. Film Comment
4.5
Blue Ruin takes a simple premise and keeps the universal truth while ditching the universal cliches. Crave Online
4.0
Not for the faint hearted, the audience is forced to watch a revenge spree clumsily executed by the inexperienced main character, and all that it bloo .. The Skinny
4.3
Simple character beats and plot points are given room to breath, keeping the narrative direct and purposeful, but allowing the audience to feel the fu .. Under The Radar Mag
4.0
This is a sublime noir that deserves to be seen, such is its power and brutality. The Ooh Tray
4.5
The film feels accomplished and effortless in a way thats incredibly rare for an independent genre outing. Movie Mezzanine
4.0
Its this tension between the realm of warm domesticity and the cold outer limits of modern existence where Dwight finds himself that the film will exp .. Bfi
4.5
The righting will be bloody, and he will be good at only some of it. New City Film
4.0
The narrative shifts in tone a few times, and this does occasionally make the film feel a little bitty. Fan The Fire Magazine
4.0
But this clever, gripping and rather gruesome movie might have just breathed some life back into that hoary old formula. Daily Star
4.4
Much of the joy is in the unexpected here, but suffice it to say unassuming Dwight sets out on a path of revenge.And there will be blood. Columbus Alive
3.5
Blue Ruin takes its time revealing exactly why Dwight did what he did, and like a good Elmore Leonard tale, the backstory isnt as important as the moo .. Sf Weekly
3.8
Writer director Jeremy Saulnier takes what seems like a Hollywoodized premise ripe for someone like Liam Neeson and strips it down to a primal essence .. Am Ny
4.0
The camera seems to detect the emotional state of Dwight and draws the audience closer the more feverish the pitch. Graffiti With Punctuation
4.0
Suspenseful and intense in parts, darkly comic in others, theres a brilliant tone to this memorable piece, as Saulnier manages to find the perfect mid .. Hey U Guys
4.5
It may be the finest cinematic plea for pacifism since Munich, or it may just be a great thrill ride. Bad Ass Digest
4.0
All we know is there is a man on a mission, and it doesnt feel good. O Canada
4.0
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4.0
It is one of the few films with a 96 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes that deserves the accolades. Louis Proyect
4.4
There is Blood, clearly, and it is Simple, but the pared down Blue Ruin is neither homage nor remake. La Movie Boeuf Wordpress
3.8
The film is taut but wry; it never winks, but its not oppressively self serious either.Its a smart, bloody thriller that keeps springing weird new dir .. The Concourse Deads
4.5
Blue Ruin is best appreciated blind because the joy of the film is as reliant on the journey of Dwight as it is on the narrative twists. Electric Sheep Magazine
4.0
With 2013 Fantastic Fest entry Blue Ruin, he muffles the humor with darkness and grounds the violence in a stumbling revenge fantasy enacted by a lost .. Austin 360
5.0
This is a highly impressive debut from Saulnier, mixing genre pleasures into a more somber undercurrent to make one of the best films so far this year .. Madison Movie
4.5
With its strong and singular sense of itself adding realness and real art to what could have been another revenge thriller, Blue Ruin stands apart. Cinephiled
4.5
Revenge is a dish best served cold, and the same can go for revenge movies. Insidemovies Ew
4.0
Blue Ruin is a prismatically efficient thriller, as daring for its unforgiving violence as its refusal to cater to audience expectations. Berks Mont News



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