Blue Jasmine

It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.

• “It’s real Streetcar Named Desire territory as the fights pile up, and if you think that doesn’t sound entertaining, know that it is, in a hypnotically catastrophic way.”

  Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out · 100

• “Richly chronicled characters, sharp dialogue and that stupendous centerpiece performance by Cate Blanchett are contributing factors in the best summer movie of 2013 and one of the most memorable Woody Allen movies ever.”

  Rex Reed, Observer · 100

• “The movie is rich with class tension, and if Allen nails the moods of the wealthy, he also gets surprising, dynamic performances from Hawkins, Cannavale, and Andrew Dice Clay as the folks who have no money but may have a fuller sense of what life is.”

  Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly · 100

• “[Allen's] most sustained, satisfying and resonant film since “Match Point.””

  Manohla Dargis, The New York Times · 100

• “Cate Blanchett tops anything she's done in the past with her portrait of a fallen woman who's a hoot, a horror, a heartbreaker and a wonder. The mystery of the movie as a whole is that it depicts a bleak world of pervasive rapacity, deceit and self-delusion, yet keeps us rapt with delight.”

  Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal · 100