Rent Out of Blue (2018)

pseudo Velvet - Out of Blue review by AM

I was left feeling disappointed at the end, although thats maybe harsh.

It looks great, is beautifully shot. There are nods to some great films in the way it looks, in particular, to me, Blue Velvet.

It's well played - the acting of most is good.

There is a threaded who-dunnit plot which mostly works.

So what goes wrong? Two things. The Blue Velvet similarity, once seen, I couldn't unsee. And if a film seems like it paying homage, is an understated version of a classic, it probably is going to fall short of the original. The other thing is the who-dunnit. Sadly I guessed early on that one or two hints were significant, and from there joined the dots well ahead of the film.

Awful - Out of Blue review by BE

Twenty minutes in, got bored with it.  Most of the characters were weaving about like zombies, especially the main female lead. Opted out. 

Dull, dull, dull - Out of Blue review by DC

One dimensional characters, wooden acting, thin plot confused by incongruous flash backs.

Not actually bad, just not very engaging to watch.

Shockingly bad. - Out of Blue review by DA

I have just persevered through this movie which, thankfully is only an hour and forty minutes. I am so annoyed that I just feel the need to write this review.

Dreadful - and surprisingly so - given some of the cast. To say that the acting, writing and directing in this film is wooden would be an understatement. The characters (no more so than the lead) are both disappointingly and irritatingly unconvincing. Patricia Clarkson's Mike(?) Hoolihan makes no sense at all. Even James Caan and Toby Jones couldn't save this film. I'd be surprised if any of them are proud about their involvement.

Looks like a first year film student's initial, clumsy stab at making a movie.

Ridiculous, ponderous storyline, relentlessly banging on about Schrodinger's cat.

Just awful.

Wish I'd been strangled by the red scarf. - Out of Blue review by F15HF1NG3RZ

I'm currently watching it now (80 mins in)... What a bizarre film! I feel like it's trying to be smarter than it actually is (the main character is a woman called MIKE!!!) There's an overwhelming feeling that most of the time it's trying to be oddball for the sake of being oddball.

Mike has "blackouts" at he most inopportune of times, but it's hard to tell when she's passed out as she's playing the role so sedately.

Some horrendous accents and some of the acting is more wooden than an episode of Casualty, whilst other characters are so overacted you're wondering if they missed out on a role in Mommie Dearest!!!

Don’t waste your time - Out of Blue review by Jez Thorpe

Was it clever?  It had me hooked for the first hour, after that I stopped it a couple of time to see how long was left, but convinced myself to stick with it waiting for the plot to unfold with a huge ending.  It never happened. 

It was like watching a candle burn, at the end it just snuffed out. 

Waste of a Rental - Out of Blue review by CP Customer

Agree with the previous reviewers, this is a film to rent if you are out of options, and I am amazed that BBC Films put there support for it!