I was not impressed with this film. Cate Blanchett is a great actress but this is essentially A Streetcar Named Desire. It didn't feel original or new in any way.After her husband (Alec Baldwin) is revealed to be running a Ponzi scheme, rich socialite Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) finds herself with nothing and is forced to move from Manhattan to live with her sister Ginger (Sally Hawkins) in San Francisco. She is determined to make a new life for herself but soon discovers that she isn't qualified to be anything other than rich. Meanwhile, she despises the men in Ginger's life, from her ex-husband (Andrew Dice Clay) to her current boyfriend (Bobby Cannavale).
Blanchett gives her best Blanche Dubois here but Cannavale is no Brando and there is no dramatic tension between the two. Just a lot of scenery-chewing. It's not sexy, it's not funny and the character is too brittle to elicit sympathy. Minus the emotional connection, the only reason to watch is to see Blanchett's character's wardrobe.
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