Out of Blue
- Director: Carol Morley
- Writer: Martin Amis; Carol Morley
- Producer: Luc Roeg; Maggie Monteith; Cairo Cannon
CGiii Comment
When Schrödinger's cat pops up in a murder investigation, you take notice! Indeed, mesmerising stuff!
David Lynch also pops into mind...in this subtext-laden, not-your-average whodunit. That subtext is shattered with one killer line...involving a bar with some exotic dancers! With as many red herrings you could squash into a tin, Out of Blue doesn't take itself as seriously as you would expect...and, does become a little fantastical and - dare we say - fanciful in places. But, that's it's joy...Patricia Clarkson plays her defective detective [almost] tongue-in-cheek. And, when a film kills off Mamie Gummer in the first few minutes, expect the unexpected. Because, that's what Carol Morely delivers...a labyrinth of ideas with some philosophical existentialism thrown in just to bamboozle and bewilder. It's right up there with all the other bamboozlers and bewilderers! How we love those off-the-dial filmmakers!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
When Detective Mike Hoolihan is called to investigate the shooting of leading astrophysicist and black hole expert, Jennifer Rockwell, she is affected in ways she struggles to comprehend.
Cast & Characters
Toby Jones as Prof Ian Strammi;
Patricia Clarkson as Detective Mike Hoolihan;
James Caan as Col Tom Rockwell;
Jacki Weaver as Miriam Rockwell;
Aaron Tveit as Tony Silvero;
Mamie Gummer as Jennifer Rockwell;
Yolonda Ross as Janey Mac;
Devyn A. Tyler as Stella Honey;
Alyshia Ochse as Laurel Ann;
Hakim Callender as Sergeant James Monroe;
Jonathan Majors as Duncan J Reynolds;
Tenea Intriago as Lucy