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1986 · Movie · 2h · R

Blue Velvet

CriticsCritics: 81
AudienceAudience: 7.8

After finding a severed human ear in a field, a curious young man begins investigating its connection to a mysterious nightclub singer and dangerous criminals. His search draws him and a police officer’s daughter into a hidden world of violence, obsession, and unsettling secrets beneath their seemingly peaceful town.

My take

You may enjoy this if you appreciate disturbing mysteries, dark humor, and strange, dreamlike stories like Mulholland Drive; Not for you if explicit violence, sexual menace, or deliberately unsettling storytelling are deal-breakers.

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Cast

Isabella RosselliniKyle MacLachlanDennis HopperLaura DernHope LangeDean StockwellGeorge DickersonPriscilla Pointer

Director

David Lynch

If tonight is a Blue Velvet night…

…these live in the same corner of my head.

Want one picked out for tonight?

Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.