I just read all the reviews to see if somebody mentioned anything about the horrible sound and to my surprise nobody was bothered by it. I begin to think I watched a bad version of La Chambre Bleue, where the soundtrack was overwhelming making it almost impossible to hear the dialogues, and where the background noises like rain on a window, or leaves blowing in a forest were easier to hear than the actual actors talking. I thought I was watching the worst sound edited movie ever but apparently it must just have been the copy I watched as nobody else complained about that obvious and most annoying element of the movie. Luckily I had English subtitles because my American wife needs that, as this time I also needed it. That said it influenced my ratings as I was annoyed during the entire movie. The reason I wanted to watch this movie is because it's based on a Georges Simenon novel, the writer that lived in the same neighborhood as me, in my hometown Liège in Belgium. With a better sound I probably would have scored it higher but not that much higher as the story was a bit slow and not that exciting. Simeons books are better but then again that's mostly the case with books. It's rare that a movie is better than a book. The acting wasn't bad, the plot could have used some oomph though. I won't watch it a second time, even not a copy with a perfect sound.
Review of The Blue Room
