
“Blueberry” is a drab indie “film festival movie” about a young gay woman who meets someone who might get her out of BFE, Indiana, and the conflict this creates with her sister, who sees the newcomer as a bad influence.
A low-stakes tale filmed in that vast swath of the country (Iowa, actually) where the local grain elevator is the only landmark of note, it is boredom incarnate, stale in execution and acted with a hint of empathy, but only a hint.
Maya Danzig and Kristen Abate play sisters who have inherited their mother’s home. Molly (Abate) is older, hooked up with aspiring rural rapper Gavin (Daniel Slottje) and seriously disapproving of sister Maya’s infatuation with the new Latina (Amina Nieves) in town.
Elsa is a stripper down at Dave’s Ranch, the local bar, exotic in every way to the frumpy, mopey Maya. No, she won’t be taking Elsa’s “amateur night” “fake it till you make it” advice about taking up pole dancing. Probably just as well.
The situations have little drama and no energy to them, the performances are generally lifeless and the title is taken from “Blueberry” lip gloss that somebody fancies. Exciting stuff.
I’ll not “spoil” the movie by revealing who that is.
Rating: unrated, adult themes
Cast: Maya Danzig, Amina Nieves, Kristen Abate and Daniel Slottje.
Credits: Scripted and directed by Stefanie Kay Sparks. A Leomark release streaming on Tubi, Amazon, etc.
Running time: 1:11

