Clear Blue Tuesday (2009)

20% of critics liked it
(10 reviews)
67% of users liked it
(21 ratings)

In the course of seven incredible Tuesdays over seven tumultuous years, eleven New Yorkers are transformed by love, desire, art, ambition, fury, grief, faith, fear, hope and, ultimately, connection with each other in the rousing indie rock musical drama, CLEAR BLUE TUESDAY. Up-and-coming director… More In the course of seven incredible Tuesdays over seven tumultuous years, eleven New Yorkers are transformed by love, desire, art, ambition, fury, grief, faith, fear, hope and, ultimately, connection with each other in the rousing indie rock musical drama, CLEAR BLUE TUESDAY. Up-and-coming director Elizabeth Lucas and a cast of actor-singer-songwriters drawn from the worlds of the rock scene, comedy clubs and Broadway stage have created a wholly unique musical motion picture experience about the persistence of love and the resilient heart of a city in the face of catastrophe. Bursting with pop melodies, sly humor and stirring emotions, CLEAR BLUE TUESDAY is a fresh, impassioned testament to everyday transcendence. -- (C) Official Site

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 20 min.
Directed By: Elizabeth Lucas
Genres: Musical & Performing Arts, Drama

In Theaters: Sep 3, 2010 Limited
Studio: Cavu Pictures

Critic Reviews

Mike Hale, New York Times
Earnest and well meaning and, while dangerously sentimental at times, never quite crosses the line into maudlin.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Want to experience the worst sort of theater without the bother or expense of heading to New York?
Nick Schager, Village Voice
Pretentious profiles in post-9/11 grief and confusion, Clear Blue Tuesday manages the not-inconsiderable feat of insulting both the memory of the World Trade Center attacks and the musical genre.
John Anderson, Variety
Preoccupation with tragedy does not a narrative make.
Joseph Jon Lanthier, Slant Magazine
A film that meditates upon post-9/11 psychology without an urgent sense of purpose or even an empathetic voice to guide us through the event's gnarl of grief isn't simply mediocre, it's dishonorable.
Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
Often stilted and uninvolving amalgamation of drama, tragedy, romance and awkward musical numbers. Jan O'Dell steals the show with her genuinely heartfelt performance.
Matthew Nestel, Boxoffice Magazine
Though naive in execution, the story gingerly bypasses loaded drama to pluck bushels of hope from obvious blight.
Ethan Alter, NYC Film Critic
The film's tepid songs are emblematic of its tepid characterizations.
Frank Lovece, Film Journal International
Theatre-inspired and cast-workshopped musical about several New Yorkers' lives in the wake of 9/11 is well-intentioned but off-off-off-off-Broadway.
S. James Snyder, Time Out New York
An overcrowded, emotionally erratic anthem of NYC endurance.

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