Out of the Blue
1980 · Movie · R · 94 min · ★ 6.9 · 87% critics
A troubled teen struggles to fit in while living with a volatile family: a father trying to restart life after prison and a mother lost to addiction. Searching for identity and escape, she gravitates toward a mix of Elvis obsession and punk attitude as home life grows increasingly unstable.
Also known as No Looking Back
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Details
- Years
- 1980
- Release date
- 1981-04-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (95 votes)
About
If you like hard-edged, youth-focused dramas with punk attitude and messy family dynamics, this may click, especially if you enjoyed Suburbia or Quadrophenia; Not for you if you avoid bleak, taboo subject matter.
Pros: raw, punk energy; intense performances; memorable music choices | Cons: bleak, upsetting themes; uneven acting; meandering, confusing plot
Themes
- prison
- suicide
- drug abuse
- heroin
- runaway
- trauma
- punk rock
- coming of age
- tragedy
- teenage girl
- poverty
- truck driver
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Linda Manz
as Cebe
Dennis Hopper
as Don
Sharon Farrell
as Kathy
Don Gordon
as Charlie
Raymond Burr
as Dr. Brean
Leon Ericksen
as Paul
- FB
Fiona Brodie
as Carol
David L. Crowley
as Anderson
- JH
Joan Hoffman
as Jean
- CN
Carl Nelson
as Cabby
Directed by Dennis Hopper