Surprisingly incoherent and boring

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Blue Ruin is easily one of my favorite movies. I'm a huge revenge/thriller movie fan and Blue Ruin exceeded my expectations. Excellent story and acting is very well done. If you're looking for a thrilling movie with great action and revenge give it a shot. Movies like these don't get the credit they deserve!

I had already seen Green Room before seeing this and they both invoked a very visceral reaction in me. This one was more emotional, it really pulls you into to how the protagonist is feeling. The main actor puts in this subtle performance that brings this sorrowfulness to the film. This is a man that's lost everything and him exacting vengeance on his parent's killers is not out of wrath but rather in hopes to excise his own demons.The cinematography is great in this movie and the fact it was shot with such a limited time and budget makes it that much more impressive. Probably my only nitpick is the audio mix. The dialogue seemed to be extremely low and then the louder action scenes I was constantly turning it down.Definitely worth seeing and you can tell he's improving by each movie he does.

First of all I have to raise my hands to Macon Blair. What an astonishing performance. And what a debut for both him and for Jeremy Saulnier. The first 15 minutes are as good as any Ridley Scott production.You get the Thelma & Louise feel going.... The filtered light, the scenery, the close-ups, the simple but strong plot evolves to an astonishing masterpiece.All of it perfection. I really like the Anti-hero theme in this. I have always rooted for the underdog all my life. And here we have it on film. Lucky me, lucky us. I have a feeling that we have the Tarantino of the 2010 and on, here. Just check out Green Room and you will see that this is not a fluke.Good luck to this film-team. Cause they are sticking together for a long time, is my guess.God speed everyone.

It might be a bad habit of mine but I like to compare a movie to other movies I have seen. And I compare Blue Ruin to Child of God, another fabulous albeit very upsetting movie. Both movies have rather unknown actors in it, they were done using very little money, they have interesting stories and they are directed by people who have skills, so in this way they are the complete opposite of Nocturnal Animals. Without giving the plot away, Blue Ruin starts really slow with the main character appearing to be almost unlikable, sort of like the characters in a L.F.Celine story, but then the plot starts to develop and lucky for me, I went to the washroom before the movie started, because there was no way I would have missed even a minute of that splendid movie or Odin forbid, pause it.