My Blueberry Nights (7/10)

Kar Wai Wong brings his style to the english world now and... it's not that great. If you've seen a Wong film I'd be highly impressed. The guy is however known world wide as a great talent. "In The Mood For Love" is considered of the best films of the decade, many critics put it in their top ten. He's not a people's director but an art house guy. "2046" is very elegant and poetic, but with his new film "My Blueberry Nights" he's lost some of his magic.

The film follows Elizabeth (Norah Jones) after a bad break up. She meets Jeremy(Jude Law), a local cafe owner and the two form a bond. She leaves NYC to find herself while keeping in contact with Jeremy via postcard. Elizabeth meets several characters and lives in new places. The prominent figures she meets are the depressed alcoholic cop (David Strathairn), his separated vixen wife (Rachel Weisz) and a heavy gambler (Natalie Portman).

Anyway the film lacks a interesting plot, nothing to drag you in. The characters aren't bad but the performances are. I've never seen a bad performance by Weisz until now. Jude Law is the only one the is fine through out, he shines bright. Norah Jones is a singer, she takes on her role as a person would, the others do it as an actor would. Both parties are right but do not look nice when shown together. The film has a great soundtrack though, Cat Power enough said. There are some nice scenes including a fantastic part where we first see Weisz. She enters a bar looking like every song you hear about a woman hurting a man. To bad the whole film wasn't as great as that scene.

7/10
Recommendation: It's ok, not bad, no need to rush to see it, but no need to turn it off.