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Desert Blue

R Released Jun 18, 1998 1h 30m Drama List
37% Tomatometer 19 Reviews 47% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A young man (Brendan Sexton III) in a desert town is determined to complete his dead father's project, a water slide.
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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: C Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times A movie like this depends on tone more than anything else. Moviegoers who don't like the rhythm may grow impatient. It's not a romance, a drama or an adventure, but the evocation of a time and place. The characters are odd because they grew up that way. Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Peter Stack San Francisco Chronicle Rated: 1/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Strains itself in trying to be relentlessly offbeat. Rated: 1.5/4 Nov 17, 2009 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jun 28, 2005 Full Review Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Rated: 2/5 Apr 1, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D A solid but unremarkable film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/21/23 Full Review william s Lightweight and breezy off beat comedy that strains to connect to the audience. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Spoiler Alert:: Go right to the ending. Young girl who blows things up blows a hole in the aqueduct pipe to get water for the water pipe. Now the assumption is that ATF get's involve and she is going to prison. The water gets shut off as the pipe is repaired and the desert dries up again. Lousy ending. Rewind to a missed opportunity. The water that was allocated was redirected for a nearby facility that makes Empire Soda. One of the locals figures out that if you boil the soda down the residue is a volatile explosive. New ending for movie. As EPA and FBI are leaving the little town Ely, the young girl bomber informs them of the bomb capable Coke that is manufactured around the world in third world countries where terrorism is ripe. This gets all of the factories shut down and executives arrested and the water park gets it allocated water back. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Wholly unoriginal film, can be compared to a hundred different indie flicks Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review kevin w A small town in the California desert and a young all star cast (with an appropriate alt/indie soundtrack supporting them) consider metaphysical stuff. Meant to be cooler than it actually is cool, everyone does manage to look mah-velous. Like the town though nobody's going anywhere. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Cast: Casey Affleck, Brendan Sexton III, Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci, John Heard, Ethan Suplee, Sara Gilbert, Peter Sarsgaard, Lee Holmes, Michael Ironside Director: Morgan J. Freeman Summary: When the FBI quarantines a seemingly nondescript town that boasts a random roadside attraction -- the world's largest ice cream cone -- visiting starlet Skye (Kate Hudson) and her father (John Heard) encounter an assemblage of memorable locals they won't soon forget. My Thoughts: "This is an offbeat movie with a great (then) young cast. Great quirky character's that some us small town grown kids can relate to. Not much to do in small towns, so you have to entertain yourselves somehow. Liked their choices of fun, it was entertaining to watch. Had some funny moments, and was never boring. But this is much more of a dark comedy. Had some deep stuff going on with Brenden Sexton III, character. It was nice to see him in a somewhat leading role. Definitely worth the rental." Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A young man (Brendan Sexton III) in a desert town is determined to complete his dead father's project, a water slide.
Director
Morgan J. Freeman
Producer
Michael Burns, Nadia Leonelli, Andrea Sperling
Screenwriter
Morgan J. Freeman
Distributor
Columbia Tristar, Samuel Goldwyn Company, LK-TEL
Production Co
Ignite Entertainment, HSX Films
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 18, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 20, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$99.1K
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Dolby, Surround
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.37:1)
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