Blue Moon
A film by Richard Linklater
w/ Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale
Rated NR
1hr 40min
"...You know how in marriage they say "for better or for worse"? I think, in terms of my life, I have entered the "for worse" part, and it happened so quietly I didn't even recognize it."
Richard Linklater's Blue Moon tells the story of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart bravely facing the future as his professional and private life unravel at the opening night party for his former partner's hit show Oklahoma! By the time this night is over, Hart will have confronted both a world that no longer values his talent and the seeming impossibility of love.
Hawke makes his character’s vulnerability palpable here, and he engenders pity like a despondent and drunk gay uncle.... [He] commits fully, recklessly, and relentlessly to Hart’s doomed hopefulness.
Gary M. Kramer
Gay City News
Hawke’s isn’t a showy performance, despite Lorenz’s brash persona. The excellence of it is in the little touches, the ways he lets the despair seep out, even when everyone around him knows to play along.
Alison Willmore
New York Magazine/Vulture
w/ Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale
Rated NR
1hr 40min
"...You know how in marriage they say "for better or for worse"? I think, in terms of my life, I have entered the "for worse" part, and it happened so quietly I didn't even recognize it."
Richard Linklater's Blue Moon tells the story of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart bravely facing the future as his professional and private life unravel at the opening night party for his former partner's hit show Oklahoma! By the time this night is over, Hart will have confronted both a world that no longer values his talent and the seeming impossibility of love.
Hawke makes his character’s vulnerability palpable here, and he engenders pity like a despondent and drunk gay uncle.... [He] commits fully, recklessly, and relentlessly to Hart’s doomed hopefulness.
Gary M. Kramer
Gay City News
Hawke’s isn’t a showy performance, despite Lorenz’s brash persona. The excellence of it is in the little touches, the ways he lets the despair seep out, even when everyone around him knows to play along.
Alison Willmore
New York Magazine/Vulture
