Blue Caprice is an elegy, perhaps even a tragedy.

| Aug 28, 2019

This is a film that stubbornly refuses to sensationalize; it's not interested in how these men killed, or in exploiting and fetishizing those acts. Instead, it explores their humanity-which is revealed to be even more terrifying.

| Jun 19, 2016

Coolly controlled and extremely well-acted.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 30, 2013

The film creates one of the most chillingly becalmed portraits of insanity I've seen.

| Oct 4, 2013

If Moors and Porto were aiming for gun-debate relevance, they've failed; "Blue Caprice" has nothing to say about a society plagued by violence, nor does it focus on mental illness as a probable cause.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 26, 2013

The film's a character piece with a tightening noose of suspense, and while it has its artsy-indie-dawdly moments, it's disturbing in ways that aren't easy to shake.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 26, 2013

"Blue Caprice" doesn't offer the sense of catharsis or closure, let alone new information, that makes it more than a cold, if disciplined, directorial exercise.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 26, 2013

The movie never gets beyond the most iconic image that gives it a name; never digging deep enough into these characters to register as something human instead of a filmmaking experiment.

| Original Score: 2.5/5.0 | Sep 26, 2013

Although the actors are fine, writer-director Alexandre Moors's feature debut suffers from a lulling tonal sameness.

| Sep 26, 2013

Moors is neither showy nor exploitative in his telling of the story. He just lays out the details, making "Blue Caprice" not just a story of horror, but of tragedy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 26, 2013

The grainy texture of the imagery is darkly arresting. Isaiah Washington is charismatic and fearsome, channeling a toxic mix of compassion and rage.

| Sep 26, 2013

Despite the solid performances from Washington and Richmond, we get a little bored and begin waiting to see what will happen (or, more precisely, how the filmmakers will handle the ending) ...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 19, 2013

Don't miss it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 19, 2013

Blue Caprice takes a true story of violence and panic and tells it in the most artful, understated manner imaginable - which makes its events even more powerful.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 16, 2013

The movie substitutes milky, washed-out color and funereal music for insight.

Full Review | Sep 13, 2013

The end product is a psychological thriller that's light on thrills and psychology.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 13, 2013

It's the exploration of their human frailty and their brokenness, and the step-by-step examination of the events that would lead to this barbarity, that give Blue Caprice its intensity.

| Sep 13, 2013

May be a frustrating film for viewers looking for a straight piece of historical fiction...This is no photograph, but an impressionistic sketch of the communicability of evil - and in that respect it's a powerful piece of filmmaking.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 13, 2013

Viewers may crave more anatomy of murder, but unlike Mr. Muhammad, Mr. Moors isn't on a mission. What he and his actors are interested in is character.

| Sep 12, 2013

To the relief of the public around the District of Columbia, the Beltway sniper case was solved a long time ago. But in some respects, Mr. Moors's haunting film suggests, it is still a mystery.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 12, 2013