Review of Blue Is the Warmest Colour

I went to see this film after a colleague had recommended it and I must say I was very disappointed. The acting is fantastic, Adele Exarchopoulos is a revelation, but it is really only her performance that makes the film worth watching. At three hours long it could have had an hour cut out and been a better film for it. Someone else has said there's a total of 30 minutes of sex scenes; well, if that's correct its about 20 minutes too much. The sex scenes are gratuitous and become an over indulgence. For large parts of the film nothing happens, for example, there are a number of scenes where Adele is teaching - these add nothing to the plot. Prior to this we see her go on student marches, nothing of significance happens. Her male friend is gay - a tired cliché! The whole of the last scene is made redundant by the scene before. Irritatingly one of the significant moments of the film is cut short - the cause of Adele having a fling with a male colleague is skipped over even though this has dire consequences. Frankly, "Lost and Delirious" covers similar ground but does it much, much better. Films are about telling stories and that art has been lost in this movie to such an extent I was glad when it came to its end.