Why Is “Blue Jasmine” So Distasteful?
Cate Blanchett is at this point the frontrunner for the Best Actress Oscar, but I know many people who agree with this statement by Francine Prose: ‘Blanchett’s performance in Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” is so riveting, and the film is so entertaining, that it took me until the day after I saw it to figure out why I’d found the film distasteful.’ Prose’s analysis is here.
