Blue Velvet

 (1986)


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  • Critics Rating 49 critics
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User Reviews

One of the All Time Ten Best
Mar 28, 2009
seattlesh123 - yahoo.com
Creepy, mysterious, superb. Dennis Hopper is at his absolute best. This has to be one of David Lynch's best efforts. I think have have seen this film ten times.... Full review
Just saw it for the first time.. Lynch is mad..
Jun 08, 2008
crumping - yahoo.com
Not a feel good movie, but a mish mash of a color film noir wanna be and the a carnival side show... Shows how the seemingly good on a surface can hide the rotten under side of life... Everything seems disjointed... Full review
Blue Velvet
May 19, 2008
nubz14 - yahoo.com
David Lynch\\'s brilliant "Blue Velvet" is one of the best films ever made. On top of being completely enthralling and totally bizarre, it\\'s also a real human story, acted with power. The finest performance is from Isabella Rossellini, who was nominated... Full review
Blue Lynchien
Feb 25, 2008
johnquays23 - yahoo.com
It depends what mood I\\'m in when I watch a David Lynch film, well most of them anyway. Blue Velvet does not seem too over the top, of course with Lynch at the helm it has it\\'s moments but most of... Full review
A Work Of Art
Nov 21, 2007
marceypap - yahoo.com
That is the way I can describe this movie, I can\\'t think of any other way to describe it. It is a work of art, David Lynch made such an amazing movie. It\\'s truly amazing watching it unfold, and the stand... Full review
Lynch's Most Famous Movie? I Think So
Jun 22, 2006
ccthemovieman-1 - imdb.com
This has always been a unique crime movie, like no story I have seen before or since. In numerous ways, it's a sick film...but utterly fascinating, even after a handful of viewings. It's a certainly a trademark of director David... Full review
A beautiful, strange ,dark film
Jun 10, 2005
spacemonkey_fg - imdb.com
Title: Blue Velvet (1986)Director: David Lynch Cast: Isabella Rosellini, Kyle Mac Lachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern Review: David Lynch films are paintings come to life, this has very much to do with the fact that Lynch himself is a painter... Full review
Strange, Beautiful American Classic
Nov 26, 2004
sparklecat - imdb.com
In the early moments of "Blue Velvet" we see idealized small town images - blooming red roses and immaculate white picket fences - accompanied by the sounds of the gentle Bobby Vinton pop tune that gives the film its title.... Full review
The sexual revolution in film came some ten years after the label's coinage in the late Sixties. It probably began with Last Tango in Paris. Directed by the acclaimed Bernardo Bertolucci, Last Tango is notorious for a sex scene involving... Full review
Great
Feb 20, 2004
will_and_james_con_queso - yahoo.com
This is an absloutely great movie from one of the best directors out there today. Very bizarre, but still intiguing in being so bizarre. Though it may be the most plain of Lynch\\'s other than "The Straight Story" it still emerges... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Jun 01, 2010
victoriaadvocate.com
Dennis Hopper relished the dangerous....Hopper cackles that unforgettable, rascally Hopper cackle.....For the inspirational basketball film, Hopper received his sole Academy Award acting nomination.....His performance in "Blue Velvet" was altogether different and more haunting..... ... Full Review
| Apr 16, 2009
associatedcontent.com
Things get weird when Frank Booth enters the picture.....The story of Blue Velvet follows a surprisingly simple set-up:.... ... Full Review
| Apr 16, 2009
associatedcontent.com
Things get weird when Frank Booth enters the picture.....The story of Blue Velvet follows a surprisingly simple set-up:.... ... Full Review
| Mar 25, 2009
associatedcontent.com
most cult films are bad..... ... Full Review
| Mar 05, 2009
associatedcontent.com
Blue Velvet is the bad trip you nevertheless need to take.....he's well-known for creating weird, artistic visuals and films that leave a person with a foreboding sense of doom..... ... Full Review

News

What is the real America? David Lynch had an answer in his dark and mysterious 1986 film "Blue Velvet," which starred Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern and Dennis Hopper, who died in May . ... Full Article

Nothing prompts compliments like dying, although they are not always precisely directed. So it is that Dennis Hopper's last exit on Saturday, at the age of 74, has brought forth a slew of pieces about the "Easy Rider" man. ... Full Article

LOS ANGELES-Dennis Hopper, the high-flying Hollywood wild man whose memorable and erratic career included an early turn in "Rebel Without a Cause,'' an improbable smash with "Easy Rider'' and a classic character role in "Blue Velvet,'' has died. ... Full Article

The ham-handed irony of the title is a dead giveaway that subtlety will not be a hallmark of "Happy Town.'' (As is the ad campaign solemnly advising viewers: "Don't let the name fool you.'') And indeed, this creepy new ABC... ... Full Article

What do you focus on more when talking about the "candy colored clown" scene in David Lynch's Blue Velvet : Dean Stockwell's strange performance as Ben or the beautifully somber Roy Orbison song, In Dreams? ... Full Article

The 73-year-old actor, who has prostate cancer, was supported by family and friends as he appeared on stage on Hollywood Boulevard to accept the honour. ... Full Article

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