Blue Car Critic Reviews

A memory of the automobile in which a father drove away from his family provides the title for Blue Car but no hint of the power of writer-director Karen Moncrieff's superb feature debut. Read the full review

The ending of the film is as calculated and cruel as a verbal assault by a Neil LaBute character.Read the full review

This melancholy, insightfully scripted coming-of-age drama is moving without being manipulative and makes an assured calling card for writer-director Karen Moncrieff.Read the full review

Even with its drawbacks, Blue Car remains an intimate, thoughtful drama, with a performance no one is likely to forget. Read the full review

Bruckner's Meg is that rarity, a credible screen teenager. Read the full review

Mr. Strathairn's complex, exquisitely nuanced portrayal of a man who goes over the line allows his character to be both hero and villain, sometimes at once. Read the full review

Certainly no feel-good flick of the summer. But it's always tough and honest. Read the full review

For the most part, though, Ms. Moncrieff has given us a portrait of a young woman with a luminous soul. Read the full review

It's that central dance between teacher and student that makes the movie both hard to watch and worth your attention - a subtle waltz of power in which it's difficult to tell who's leading until too late. Read the full review