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Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine Review by Justin Perich October 9, 2013 Blue Jasmine Woody Allen’s latest reimagines Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire in modern day San Franscisco beautifully, but without any of the complexity and danger of the original plot and characters, instead choosing to meander generically and repetitively in the well worn territories of infidelity and corporate greed. While the performances are stellar (especially Cate Blanchett as Jasmine/Blanche, Alec Baldwin as Hal/Stanley, and Sally Hawkins as Ginger/Stella), the plot jumps abrasively back and forth between the present and past without a lick of clarity, reason, or effectiveness, and by the end, we’ve found that any interest we ever had in any of the characters was lost in the shuffle. 2/5 stars.

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Woody  Allen’s  Blue  Jasmine  Review  by  Justin  Perich  October  9,  2013    Blue  Jasmine  -­‐  Woody  Allen’s  latest  re-­‐imagines  Tennessee  Williams’  A  Streetcar  Named  Desire  in  modern  day  San  Franscisco  beautifully,  but  without  any  of  the  complexity  and  danger  of  the  original  plot  and  characters,  instead  choosing  to  meander  generically  and  repetitively  in  the  well  worn  territories  of  infidelity  and  corporate  greed.  While  the  performances  are  stellar  (especially  Cate  Blanchett  as  Jasmine/Blanche,  Alec  Baldwin  as  Hal/Stanley,  and  Sally  Hawkins  as  Ginger/Stella),  the  plot  jumps  abrasively  back  and  forth  between  the  present  and  past  without  a  lick  of  clarity,  reason,  or  effectiveness,  and  by  the  end,  we’ve  found  that  any  interest  we  ever  had  in  any  of  the  characters  was  lost  in  the  shuffle.  2/5  stars.