The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

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Blue Velvet (1986)

It's a strange world, isn't it?

★ 7.6/10 September 19, 1986 120 min

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Director: David Lynch  ·  Writer: David Lynch

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

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David Lynch David Lynch

Cast

Isabella Rossellini Isabella Rossellini Dorothy Vallens Kyle MacLachlan Kyle MacLachlan Jeffrey Beaumont Dennis Hopper Dennis Hopper Frank Booth Laura Dern Laura Dern Sandy Williams Hope Lange Hope Lange Mrs. Williams Dean Stockwell Dean Stockwell Ben George Dickerson George Dickerson Detective Williams Priscilla Pointer Priscilla Pointer Mrs. Beaumont Frances Bay Frances Bay Aunt Barbara Jack Harvey Jack Harvey Mr. Beaumont Ken Stovitz Ken Stovitz Mike Brad Dourif Brad Dourif Raymond

User Reviews (2)

John Chard
John Chard February 29, 2020
★ 8/10

No. I told you. I don't want to hurt you. I want to help you. I think I know some of what is happening to you. Blue Velvet is written and directed by David Lynch. It stars Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, George Dickerson and Dean Stockwell. Music is by Angelo Badalamenti and cinematography by Frederick Elmes. The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads Jeffrey Beaumont (MacLachlan) into a vortex of troubled mysteries involving a beautiful nightclub singer and a group of crimninals led by the psychopathic Frank Booth (Hopper). Such is the diversity of David Lynch, you will find many anouncing this to be his last accessible piece of genius, others that it was merely the start of his shift into mainstream majesty. Personally, I just find it a fine movie, easy to follow, even if it's nightmarish at times and brilliantly of…

CinemaSerf
CinemaSerf February 8, 2025
★ 6/10

When “Jeffrey” (Kyle MacLachlan) finds a severed ear as he walks through a field, he takes it to the police who advise him to keep schtum! Maybe if he had, he wouldn’t have become embroiled in the nefarious activities of the violent “Frank” (Dennis Hopper) nor his girlfriend “Dorothy” (Isabella Rossellini) with whom he soon becomes infatuated. Together with the cop’s daughter “Sandy” (Laura Dern) they pair try to get to the bottom of the mystery but this is a perilous affair, exposing them to a dark and dangerous societal underbelly, but for him it’s also quite an addictive one too! It’s the oxygen-mask wearing Hopper who steals this for me, mixing a toxic blend of angry, maniacal and erotic engagingly, but I’m afraid the rest of this rather fell a bit flat for me as the story ran out of steam and the sexual tensions became all too repetitively staged and the ov…