Out of the Blue 1981

Critics score:
90 / 100

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Janet Maslin, New York Times: Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: Hopper keeps things light and off-the-cuff, allowing his performers free rein... Read more

Richard Brody, New Yorker: Hopper's characters are in the realm of the irreparable; if the fervent acting occasionally overheats, the reckless emotions nonetheless convey the authentic struggle of personal experience. Read more

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Aaron Hillis, Village Voice: In the late Dennis Hopper's mind a better film than Bertolucci's Luna and his own Easy Rider, the actor-director's brilliant, still shockingly subversive 1980 cherry bomb is as sad and unsettling as dysfunctional-family dramas come. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: A genuinely alarming miasma of misplaced sexuality and rock 'n' roll fetishism. Read more