Blue Is The Warmest Colour Review. Schoolgirl Adèle (Exarchopoulos) meets blue-haired artist Emma (Seydoux). The pair fall in love, move in together and all looks rosy, until Julie Maroh has complained that Blue Is the Warmest Colour is a heterosexual male director's vision of what a lesbian affair might be like and is close to pornography. That seems unfair. That 88% Tomatometer 206 Reviews 85% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings What to know Critics Consensus Raw, honest, powerfully acted, and deliciously intense, Blue Is the Warmest Color offers some of By Manohla Dargis Oct. 25, 2013 It was her derrière that first caught my eye. Specifically, it was the way the camera captured the pretty teenager's rear end in "Blue Is the Warmest Color" so Markets & Festivals May 22, 2013 12:25pm PT Cannes Film Review: 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' A searingly intimate character study marked by the most explosively graphic lesbian sex scenes in Los Angeles critics consecrate Blue is the Warmest Colour. Strangely ignored at the European Films Awards, the winner of Cannes' Palme d'Or begins to reap a sheaf of awards across the Atlantic . 09/12/2013 | Awards | France In BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, Adele has had her share of heartbreak and frustration when it comes to high school romance. She becomes intrigued by a young woman with blue hair whom she sees around town. Adele finally tracks Emma down, and the two strike up a friendship that turns into something much more. Blue Is the Warmest Colour director Abdellatif Kechiche accused of sexual assault Film-maker denies accusation that he took advantage of an unconscious female actor at his Paris flat 31 Oct Based partially on a graphic novel by Julie Maroh (called "Le Bleu est une couleur chaude" and slated for US release later this year), "Blue Is the Warmest Color" has galvanized critical conversation around the right of a straight man, director Abdellatif Kechiche, to portray feminine sexuality. Blu-ray edition reviewed by Chris Galloway February 18 2014 BUY AT: See more details, packaging, or compare Synopsis The colorful, electrifying romance that took the Cannes Film Festival by storm courageously dives into a young woman's experiences of first love and sexual awakening. 2iic.