BLUE JASMINE

Movie:  Blue Jasmine
Jan's Rating:  C-
Time:  1 Hour 38 Minutes

Jan's Opinion:  I had not planned to see this movie because I am not a fan of Woody Allen (writer and director of this movie) but I do like Cate Blanchett and since she is up for an Academy Award for Best Actress, opposite Meryl Streep, I decided to rent the movie last night to see if I liked it as well as Meryl Streep in August:  Osage County.  I have to tell you, I was disappointed and glad I didn't pay $8 to see the movie.  Cate Blanchett plays the role of  "Jasmine" who is married to "Hal", played by Alec Baldwin.  Well, Alec Baldwin is an investor (a crooked investor) and uses his clients' money to invest to make himself wealthy.  Hal and Jasmine live in a world we can only dream about.  Then Jasmine finds out that Hal has been cheating on her for years, and there is nothing worse than a woman scorned.  She reported him to the FBI and not only did her husband go to prison, but they lost everything they had, then her husband hung himself in his prison cell.  He also lost all her sister's money.  Jasmine has a nervous breakdown, can't cope with being poor, so goes to live with her poor sister.  I won't tell you the rest and ruin it for you.  However, if you read my blog, you know how I hate movies that leave you hanging at the end.  This movie had the worst ending of any movie I have ever seen.  If Woody Allen wanted me to pick my own ending, he should have given me a discount on the movie.