Jessica Lange fans are going to want to rent Blue Sky, the movie that gave her her Best Actress Oscar she'd been coveting since 1982's loss for Frances. Once again, she plays a mentally ill, beautiful woman, but this time, she wasn't up against unbeatable competition from Sophie's Choice, so she took home her statuette.
Personally, I liked Frances infinitely better than Blue Sky, because Jessica's character was more likable and understandable. In this 1994 movie, she plays an insane, dissatisfied housewife who continually embarrasses her husband, Tommy Lee Jones, who has a high-pressure government job. Jessica is unfaithful, loud, inappropriate, and crazy, but she seemed to lack motivation. In Frances, you could feel what she was going through and understood why she acted the way she did. In Blue Sky, it just feels like she wanted an Oscar.
I'm not painting a very complimentary picture of Jessica Lange, but I just didn't happen to like this movie. I'm actually a great fan of hers and think she usually gives emotional, vulnerable, realistic performances in her other movies. If you feel like renting this heavy drama, go ahead, but be prepared to take it with a grain of salt and rent another of her movies if you don't like it.
Personally, I liked Frances infinitely better than Blue Sky, because Jessica's character was more likable and understandable. In this 1994 movie, she plays an insane, dissatisfied housewife who continually embarrasses her husband, Tommy Lee Jones, who has a high-pressure government job. Jessica is unfaithful, loud, inappropriate, and crazy, but she seemed to lack motivation. In Frances, you could feel what she was going through and understood why she acted the way she did. In Blue Sky, it just feels like she wanted an Oscar.
I'm not painting a very complimentary picture of Jessica Lange, but I just didn't happen to like this movie. I'm actually a great fan of hers and think she usually gives emotional, vulnerable, realistic performances in her other movies. If you feel like renting this heavy drama, go ahead, but be prepared to take it with a grain of salt and rent another of her movies if you don't like it.