Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

gavin6942 Jessica Lange stars in a period drama about a family moving to a military base, and she quickly becomes part of a cover-up involving nuclear bomb tests.Lange won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Actress, along with the Golden Globe Award and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award. So it seems appropriate to address her role, which is sort of polarizing.Typically a main character has to be likable for a film to work, and it is hard for Lange to be likable -- she is morally loose, embarrasses her husband and seems to have a general disregard for her family and children. As the film progresses, she makes an effort to redeem herself, but will it be enough? Tommy Lee Jones is also good, playing Lange's supporting character. He goes through a range of emotions, which is interesting... though the scene that would usually be called Oscar-worthy is just sort of sad and disappointing. (I can't say what it is because it would ruin things, but those who have seen the film will know.)

DKosty123 Jessica Lang plays a crazy wife to an Army Officer (Tommy Lee Jones) with 2 daughters who is upset because they have been relocated to a Southern base for his latest assignment. Lang plays the role well and she is the highlight. Tommy Lee Jones is OK here but his best part of the film is early on.When they first get on the new base, Lang has a fit and Jones tries to shield the daughters from their mother. After this high point, his role starts to decline as Lang takes over the movie. The relationship between Lang and the daughters is strained at best, insane at it's worst.Meanwhile, Jones is sent away on the Blue Skies assignment. First her daughter and the son of the base commander raise a riot by accidentally detonating a Grenade by an abandoned hut. Then, they catch the base commander having relations with Lang there. The older daughter forces mom to call Jones and confess. The Base commander then sets up Jones by putting him (with Lang's permission) into the base hospital on drugs and helpless.Lang opens up her husband's Blue Sky notes and comes up with a plan to try and get her husband free. What is in his notes is the key to her plan. She is not as crazy as you might think. There are a couple of holes here, especially because since the kids catch Lang & the base commander, it is hard to understand why just taking dad out of action is going to protect their secret. The son's reaction, must less the daughter's to this seems wrong.While the plot is a little off, it is a pretty decent film to watch.

MichaelOates Tommy Lee Jones is one of my favorite actors since I saw U.S. Marshals." Jones is an actor with a heart, integrity and charisma that only a few other actors have in my opinion. Since "U.S. Marshals," I have vowed to watch all of his films either in theaters or on tape to enjoy his range of acting. Jones leads an all-star cast in this superb film "Blue Sky."This is an epic film with characters that make the viewer want to care about them. One of the best parts of "Blue Sky" is the fact that there were several plots, which worked because they all came together well.I enjoyed how Tommy Lee Jones and Jessica Lange reciprocated their love for one another. For example, at the beginning when Lange's character was going through a difficult time Jones was there. The favor was returned when the roles were reversed.This film is one of the best films because it shows the strength of love and relationship and how they hold up during good times and bad.

ahearn02 Lange's convincing portrayal of the neurotic, alcoholic wife, and Tommy Lee's loving, patient coping-with (and covering for) her erraticisms make for a memorable first half. Unfortunately, the whole thing crashes down into preposterous infantile fantasy, with the woman unaccountable metamorphosing into a combination of Nancy Drew and all three of Charlie's Angels to save her husband from durance vile (Beethoven did it better in Fidelio)... As a guy, I'm not supposed to like "relationship" movies, but this one would have been infinitely better left as exactly that, with the comic-book adventure left out.