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Out of the Blue

She's 15. The only adult she admires is Johnny Rotten.

1981 · 1h 34m · R Drama
Directed by Dennis Hopper

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A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.

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95%
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Fresh

In the late Dennis Hopper's mind a better film than Bertolucci's Luna and his own Easy Rider, the actor-director's brilliant, still shockingly subversive 1980 cherry bomb is as sad and unsettling as dysfunctional-family dramas come.

Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
Fresh

Hopper keeps things light and off-the-cuff, allowing his performers free rein...

Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Fresh

A genuinely alarming miasma of misplaced sexuality and rock 'n' roll fetishism.

J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Fresh

Hopper's characters are in the realm of the irreparable; if the fervent acting occasionally overheats, the reckless emotions nonetheless convey the authentic struggle of personal experience.

Richard Brody, New Yorker

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