Release: Blue is the Warmest Color

Blue is the Warmest Color
Genre: Romance/Drama
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Writer: Alex Conn
Based on the 2013 French film
Cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Dakota Fanning, Jake T. Austin, Joel Courtney, Melissa Leo, Michael Angarano





Budget: $19,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $14,492,086
Foreign Box Office: $4,079,852
Total Profit: -$10,001,902

Reaction: Romance and Drama are two genres that don't travel to other markets well, which certainly it didn't help this film's chances overseas. It also didn't help that none of the leads are all that well-known or marketable to those audiences.

"Blue is the Warmest Color is unlikely to be considered a highlight for its cast or filmmakers, but it's also not a low-light. There are some decent performances in the film. From a writing standpoint, it is middle-of-the-road work from Alex Conn. Some elements are incredibly clunky, especially the lesbian elements, but at least it wasn't just a carbon copy of the original film." - Cal Crowe, Washington Globe

"Outside of the more salacious moments, this remake has little to do with the original. That is both a strong point and a weak point in the film. It's a strong point because the filmmakers try to do something new for much of the running time. It's a weak point because it will not attract curious fans of the original and is not as well-plotted as the original French story. For much of the running felt equally baffled and appreciative of the new material. While not an absolute mess, things do fall apart by the end." - Gregory Fletcher, Los Angeles Time-Journal

"First of all the film did not need a remake. This screenplay is sloppy at best. Alex Conn has taken a step back once again. I’m sorry to say nothing from the film works. I wanted to like it, purely because of Dever and Fanning, but even they couldn’t bring me in." - Sam Nestera, The Daily Telegraph

Rated R for graphic sexual content/nudity, language and drug use