Blue State is a movie that only succeeds in feeling slightly more relevant and consequential Jon Stewart's 2020 film Irresistible, but that's not really a compliment.

Set in the aftermath of the 2004 Bush election, Blue State takes a common adage of the time, "I'm moving to Canada if Bush gets elected again", and then asks what would happen if someone actually followed through on that. The answer turns out to be not much, as the movie plods along at a slow, relaxed pace for what feels like an eternity.

The meat of the film is a road trip between John, a feckless, preachy liberal who's 2004 arrogance feel hysterically outdated,

"Bush will be gone in four years."
"And then…

Low key road trip movie with Breckin Meyer as a disillusioned political blogger whom on the eve of the re-election of G W Bush makes a very public promise to move to Canada should GWB win and the movie is his attempt to follow thru on that threat. He ends up sharing the ride to Canada with Anna Paquin who's got her own reasons for wanting to run away from the country, and the bulk of the movie is them talking and gradually warming up to one another tho its not quite a love story exactly. I actually quite liked the low key almost ramshackle quality of the film as it kinda matches the characters whom are also both kind…

This movie is insane. It's about a loser Democratic blogger who makes good on his drunken promise to move to Canada and he takes the trip with a blue haired nose ring wearing Anna Paquin. Along the way they meet the guy's parents, who are insane (the dad thinks he's a talk show host) and bicker over all manner of things.

Then it's shitting on Canadians time and we realize Paquin is an army deserter and Breckin Meyer is tired of Canadians talking shit about America so he returns to run for State Senate. This is such a time capsule of the useless performative liberalism that typified the anti-Bush era it unintentionally serves as savage satire. Only Phil Ochs did…

Blue State is a ponderous romantic-comedy with a heavy handed political message. Breckin Meyer stars as a political blogger who, during the 2004 Presidential elections, declares he will leave for America if Bush wins. Naturally, Dubya does triumph leaving Meyer no choice but to travel to Winnipeg with the mysterious Anna Paquin as a convenient travel companion. Written and directed by Marshall Lewy, this his first feature film, Blue State is never as engaging as it thinks it is.

The film has numerous problems, not least the fact that for a comedy it isn’t funny. It has a gentle more laid back tone so belly laughs were always unlikely but the film’s attempted humour seems reliant on outdated stereotypes. Once…

Low key road trip movie with Breckin Meyer as a disillusioned political blogger whom on the eve of the re-election of G W Bush makes a very public promise to move to Canada should GWB win and the movie is his attempt to follow thru on that threat. He ends up sharing the ride to Canada with Anna Paquin who's got her own reasons for wanting to run away from the country, and the bulk of the movie is them talking and gradually warming up to one another tho its not quite a love story exactly. I actually quite liked the low key almost ramshackle quality of the film as it kinda matches the characters whom are also both kind…

This movie is insane. It's about a loser Democratic blogger who makes good on his drunken promise to move to Canada and he takes the trip with a blue haired nose ring wearing Anna Paquin. Along the way they meet the guy's parents, who are insane (the dad thinks he's a talk show host) and bicker over all manner of things.

Then it's shitting on Canadians time and we realize Paquin is an army deserter and Breckin Meyer is tired of Canadians talking shit about America so he returns to run for State Senate. This is such a time capsule of the useless performative liberalism that typified the anti-Bush era it unintentionally serves as savage satire. Only Phil Ochs did…

Blue State is a movie that only succeeds in feeling slightly more relevant and consequential Jon Stewart's 2020 film Irresistible, but that's not really a compliment.

Set in the aftermath of the 2004 Bush election, Blue State takes a common adage of the time, "I'm moving to Canada if Bush gets elected again", and then asks what would happen if someone actually followed through on that. The answer turns out to be not much, as the movie plods along at a slow, relaxed pace for what feels like an eternity.

The meat of the film is a road trip between John, a feckless, preachy liberal who's 2004 arrogance feel hysterically outdated,

"Bush will be gone in four years."
"And then…