The Blue Rose

David Lynch must be spinning in his grave to know that his name has been associated with this pretentious crapfest. The takeaway for anyone watching this steaming pile is "just because you can do aomething, doesn't mean you should do it."

Let's start by not casting two scrawny teen nerds as detectives. And let's not assume that anything weird is automatically fascinating, especially if the "surreal" dream imagery is lit like a bad TV movie.

Don't surround your badly cast, chew-up-the scenery actors with sets that look like they were made for a high school play, and don't rely on corny period music to supply "atmosphere."

Finally, don't opt for a period piece if you don't have a clue about the era. Otherwise you'll end up with anachronistically tattooed ladies, laughably inappropriate wokeness, and a nurse's hat that looks like it was made from half of a Starbucks coffee cup.

The Blue Rose gives new meaning to the word "embarrassment." But if you've never seen a film by Lynch, Fellini or Jodorowsky and your favorite literary genre is fan fiction, it might be right up your alley.

No pun intended - obviously the song tells us to paint it black, but since the rose is blue .... well I don't think I have to explain that joke. Some may need explanations when it comes to the movie - you have to really be open minded. I couldn't entirely tell you what this was trying to tell me or rather us.

It was also nice seeing Ray Wise - though of course he was stealing his scene. The screen presence that man has .. just incredible! That said, the director/star of the movie isn't too bad either! Also true about the other actors! One just has to smile and she already has me ... not sure if that is a good thing or not ... or sexual or not ... but I know it is dangerous ... like a moth to the flame you say? Well probably ... anyway.

The movie goes off in the final ... reel and really messes with reality or rather sinks its teeth into a different universe... dimension? You have to dig it ... and dig it most who stumble upon this will .. because they seek it out ...

Well, that was a waste of my precious time. Neither my boyfriend nor I had an idea of what was going on. The film looks so cheap and bad. Psychopathic, has no main character, has no plot. Now that the film is finally over, I feel like I've lost all my brain cells, I'm annoyed and just overall disgusted. Literally, I have no idea what I just watched. The rest of the 20 minutes that was left of the movie, we skipped over half of it, not even sure what the ending meant, or the beginning. I am just hoping that I don't dream of this crap tonight and that I forget about it as soon as possible. Gosh..

The Blue Rose is a new favorite of mine. I found the vision the director and his crew created, enticing and very well crafted. The main leads are rock solid, as well as the photo and sound of the film. I am not the one to love investigative narratives, but this one had my glued on the screen. Great pacing, made me feel lots of strange emotions (I value this the most on film) and am glad this film exists. I can see influences of Lynch, Gregg Araki and noir comics been part of this creation, but The Blue Rose is much more than it's influences, it is perhaps, the first film of a great newcomer talent.

Absolutely horrendous film in that style where, if nobody knows how to act, then everyone is a good actor. Likewise, if you completely ignore every rule of good filmmaking, voila' it becomes "artistic" and "avantgarde".

Two twenty-something spoiled kids read off some dialogue implying that they are "detectives". They do some detectiving and see ghosts, apparitions, scary ladies with knives, all with different filter. So maybe one hallway is ALL BLUE, or a kitchen is ALL YELLOW, because *art*.

Shame because the production looks like they spent some money on it, but it seems that not a single talented filmmaker was involved in any way, because it's atrocious from the first to the last scene.

My vote: 4.5/10.