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Blue Bayou

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Blue Bayou

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Drama starring Justin Chon and Alicia Vikander. Korean-American Antonio is arrested and threatened with deportation, even though he has lived in Louisiana since childhood. He and his pregnant wife, Kathy, seek an appeal, but this will be an expensive uphill battle that their family may not survive.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

James Mottram

Inspired by shocking stories of deportation and families being ripped apart, writer/director/star Justin Chon's impassioned melodrama has its heart in the right place. Chon plays Antonio, a tattoo artist adopted from Korea by a Louisiana couple years earlier. But despite having lived in the US for three decades and being married to physical therapist Kathy (Alicia Vikander), he finds himself utterly exposed after an altercation with police. With a past criminal record, he's suddenly at the mercy of immigration officials, and a loophole that means he can be deported to Korea, a place he barely knows. So begins Antonio's fight in the courts in a rough-edged tale that has a strong sense of place if not narrative. The Louisiana backdrop, and Chon's dip into the Deep South Asian-American community, feels genuine, but the storyline, with missed court appearances and airport dashes, smacks of soap-opera histrionics. Thankfully, the cast - especially Vikander, who even belts out the titular Linda Ronstadt hit in a karaoke scene - adds a splash of quality.

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rolenameAntonio LeBlancJustin ChonKathy LeBlancAlicia VikanderAceMark O'BrienParker NguyenLinh Dan PhamJessie LeBlancSydney KowalskeBarry BoucherVondie Curtis-HallDennyEmory Cohen

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rolenameDirectorJustin Chon

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Theatrical distributor

Universal

Released on

2021-12-03

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Formats

Colour

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