Blue State (2008)

Have you ever wondered what a movie written by a blithering idiot Kerry supporter would be like? Look no further than Blue State.



John (Brekin Meyer) is an annoying political activist who promises to move to Canada if George W. Bush is reelected. When Bush wins, John is pressured to go. From such a worthwhile premise, we get an exceedingly terrible romantic "comedy" written and directed by Marshall Lewy.

John decides he needs a road buddy for his trip to Canada. No explanation is given, but this acts as a setup for the romantic part of the romantic comedy. John places an ad, and then we get the usual scene of interviewing prospective trip-mates. As even any mildly retarded viewer would expect, there is something weird about each of the people John interviews. This is supposed to be funny. It's not. The writing sucks. And we've seen this hundreds of times before.

When the last interviewee leaves, John is sad that he's found no one to his liking. But, as is also standard in such things, the last potential road buddy enters the coffee shop just as John's about to leave. It's a girl some might say is moderately attractive (not me).

There's something off about her--something mysterious. John doesn't seem to notice. Is this an attempt at dramatic irony? I hoped she was some sort of crazed killer that would put John (and me) out of his misery. But no, she's just AWOL from the army. Why couldn't she get into Canada on her own? Same reason as John. Apparently you need two people to cross the boarder.

On the romantic angle, there's the standard progression of: the girl doesn't really like the boy, his awkward charm wins her over, he does something stupid and loses her, he wins her back. Very few movies are able to make this entertaining and not obvious. Blue State doesn't even attempt to. I gave up counting how many times I rolled my eyes.

Throughout the movie John makes tiresome heavy handed speeches about the Iraq War and voices other common liberal complaints about the Bush administration. It's unclear whether Lewy tries to make a political statement or wants John to be completely unlikable as a character. He succeeds in the latter. Not so much in the former. John Kerry would vote for Bush after watching this movie.

This is a considerable step down from Garfield for Breckin Meyer.