Desert Blue

What I truly love about Desert Blue, not only is it an all star cast, but it was definitely well thought up. It has mystery. It has dramatic moments. There is not much action, but I feel that it has the... Full review

I went to see "Desert Blue" without having read much about it. I really liked it. It reminded me of the little Austrailian movies that are so quirky and character-driven. It has a very fine cast. Sara Gilbert of Roseanne, ironically,... Full review

I enjoyed this movie thoroughly. This movie, led by an ensemble cast of young and rising actors (Brendan Sexton, Kate Hudson, Casey Affleck, Christina Ricci), starts slowly but gathers momentum nicely. Skye (Hudson), an up-and-coming actress with her own cable comedy,... Full review

It took awhile to get going, but I ended up loving "Desert Blue" quite a bit. It was nice to see Sexton play a character without the need for anger-management, and I also liked Kate Hudson also. It wasn't the greatest,... Full review

`Desert Blue' Wanders Aimlessly Film has good cast The only two interesting characters are entirely underdeveloped -- Pete (Affleck), a hell- bent all-terrain vehicle racer, and Ely (Christina Ricci), a punkish arsonist and explosives nut who is also the sheriff's daughter. ... Full Review

Cast runs amok in "Desert Blue' Would-be study in eccentricity falls flat Freeman has the dubious honor of having written and directed "200 Cigarettes' " pulseless twin. ... Full Review

What's so seductive about "Desert Blue" is just how casually and economically Freeman: (a) establishes his back story and his characters and (b) passes off the most absurdist elements of his plot without our even noticing we're being had. He may not have had much of a budget, but he has a terrific young cast and an apparent gift for letting them relax and do their best work. ... Full Review

Desert Blue's strengths are its effortlessness in making the quality of confinement cinematic, and cutting its unsettling premise with some gentle humor. DESERT BLUE Rated:R For movie details, please click here . ... Full Review

At first disdainful of the town's less sophisticated teens, wordly Skye discovers she has more in common than just a quirky first name with shy Blue ( Brendan Sexton III ). Attractive stars play stereotypical characters in stories that make up for what they lack in originality with lame-brained dialogue that threatens to freeze the viewer's face in a horrified wince. ... Full Review

Included in the list are "All the Boys Love Mandy Lane", "Knocked Up", "Diggers", and "When a Man Falls in the Forest." Entering the 14th edition of the South By Southwest Film Festival which is set to take place in... ... Full Article

JUNE 10, 1999 LAEMMLE SUNSET 5, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA.-- DESERT BLUE, a small art house film from Morgan J. Freeman (no not the actor) and distributed from Samuel Goldwyn held its VIP screening at the trendy West Hollywood Laemmle Theaters... ... Full Article

Morgan J. Freeman directed this comedy-drama that takes place in the desert town of Baxter Beach, California, where the locals, lookers, visitors and slackers include dreamer Blue (Brendan Sexton III), pipe-bomb babe Ely (Christina Ricci), all-terrain-vehicle champ Pete (Casey Affleck),... ... Full Article

Just because a film is "quirky," that doesn't necessarily make it interesting. Morgan J. Freeman's follow-up to his much ballyhooed Hurricane Streets is 90-plus minutes of oddball characters wandering restlessly around a barren New Mexico township, searching presumably for life,... ... Full Article