1988 · drama · adventure · romance
The Big Blue (1988)
Directed by Luc Besson2h 48m1988
Childhood friends Jacques and Enzo share a passion for the danger of free diving. Jacques, following in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy, harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing patterns in the water, with his vital signs more closely resembling those of dolphins than men.
Our read: The Big Blue (1988) (1988) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama · adventure · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / adventure, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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