Blue Bayou

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 59m
  •  (16)
  • 58

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Justin Chon

Release Date:

Sep 17, 2021

Runtime:

1hr 59m

Synopsis

An official selection of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival from award-winning writer/director Justin Chon, Blue Bayou is the moving and timely story of a uniquely American family fighting for their future. Antonio LeBlanc (Chon), a Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou, is married to the love of his life Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and step-dad to their beloved daughter Jessie. Struggling to make a better life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past when he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.

Cast

  • Justin Chon
  • Alicia Vikander
  • Mark O'Brien
  • Linh Dan Pham
  • Emory Cohen

Atom User Reviews

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A family story of tough conditions sacrifice and above all love

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one of the best movies I've seen. Powerful & Raw. A must see.

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Metacritic

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Based on 28 Critics
6.8

USER SCORE (17)

Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Reviews
75
Sep 20, 2021

Good movies make you feel, even if that feeling is not good. Chon ensures you’ll have feelings at the end of Blue Bayou, just not the happy ones.

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Metacritic review by Alan Ng
Alan Ng
Film Threat
63
Sep 17, 2021

Blue Bayou is sunk, on occasion, by its own symbolism, and how it wields said symbols. It's not enough to use a symbol visually, and let the audience put two and two together. A character needs to have a long monologue where they explain the symbol and pontificate on how the symbol is relevant to the circumstances.

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Metacritic review by Sheila O'Malley
Sheila O'Malley
RogerEbert.com
70
Jul 19, 2021

Artfulness and restraint can be admirable qualities in a filmmaker, but rage and despair, when channeled with this much force and purpose, can be undeniably effective substitutes.

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Metacritic review by Justin Chang
Justin Chang
Los Angeles Times
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