Synopsis
Mike Hoolihan is an unconventional New Orleans cop investigating the murder of renowned astrophysicist Jennifer Rockwell, a black hole expert found shot to death in her observatory. As Mike tumbles down the rabbit hole of the disturbing, labyrinthine case, she finds herself grappling with increasingly existential questions of quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and exploding stars. The hunt for a killer draws a detective into an even larger mystery: the nature of the universe itself.
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Cast
- Patricia ClarksonDet. Mike Hoolihan
- Toby JonesProf. Ian Strammi
- Mamie GummerJennifer Rockwell
- Aaron TveitTony Silvero
- James CaanCol. Tom Rockwell
- Alyshia OchseLaurel Ann Rockwell
- Yolonda RossJaney Mac
- Tenea IntriagoLucy
- Devyn A. TylerStella Honey
- Jonathan MajorsDuncan J Reynolds
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
Morley sustains a vibe of low-key Lynchian weirdness throughout, enough to keep your mind from wandering even as the investigation meanders this way and that. - 63
Movie Nation
The plot is more cluttered than clear, almost playing fair with what the audience knows and what Mike should be able to reason out, but never quite. - 60
CineVue
Out of Blue undeniably works as a stylish, psychological neo-noir, but significantly less so as metaphysical rumination. - 60
The Guardian
It’s a lugubrious quasi-noir mystery set in modern-day New Orleans, starring a charismatic Patricia Clarkson as Detective Mike Hoolihan; a movie that sometimes seems papier-mâchéd together with layers of mannerism and pastiche, floating along like a two-hour dream sequence. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Out of Blue is one of those films you're not sure if you really enjoyed viewing, but you're immensely glad that it exists, cheered to know the film industry still has room for maverick, boundary-smudging work like this. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Part police procedural, part supernatural thriller, part lesson in metaphysics and all neo-noir, Carol Morley’s Out of Blue never gels into a convincing whole. - 50
Screen Daily
With its arch, Lynchian tropes and curiously mannered dialogue, which may be deliberately disengaged from reality or may just be out of tune with the voices of the characters, this film will not be for everyone. - 50
Los Angeles Times
The plodding Out of Blue isn’t out of ideas — just out of gas.
