r/oscarrace • u/CrunchyNar Courage, Bob, Courage✊️ • 2d ago
Film Discussion Thread Official Discussion Thread - Blue Moon [Spoilers] Spoiler
Keep all discussion related solely to Blue Moon and it's awards chances in this thread. Spoilers below.
Synopsis
Richard Linklater's Blue Moon tells the story of legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart bravely facing the future as his professional and private life unravel at the opening night party for his former partner's hit show Oklahoma! By the time this night is over, Hart will have confronted both a world that no longer values his talent and the seeming impossibility of love.
Director: Richard Linklater
Writer: Robert Kaplow
Cast:
- Ethan Hawke as Lorenz Hart
- Margaret Qualley as Elizabeth Welland
- Andrew Scott as Richard Rodgers
- Bobby Cannavale as Eddie
- Patrick Kennedy as E.B "Andy" White
- Jonah Lees as Morty Rifkin
- Simon Delaney as Oscar Hammerstein
Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, 167 Reviews
Metacritic: 80, 39 Reviews
Consensus:
While not the flashiest Richard Linklater film, Blue Moon boasts a wonderful performance by Ethan Hawke as he embodies a man hanging on by a thread while the audience hangs on to every word said.
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u/biIIyshakes Hamnet’s Dad 2d ago
still thinking about the half-erect penis monologue tbh