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title: "Blue Heron (2025) review"
description: "A movie about memory that leaves you with more questions than answers. And more grief than when you started."
url: https://www.joekarlsson.com/reviews/blue-heron/
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# Blue Heron (2025)

Aug 9, 2026 | Rated 4 out of 5 | Dir. Sophy Romvari

A movie about memory that leaves you with more questions than answers. And more grief than when you started.

The summer imagery is beautiful - that late 90s haze made me feel nostalgic and got me thinking about my own childhood, my own family. This is a film about trying to understand the people who raised you. The difficult choices they made. The love they had for a family member who was struggling - even when that love couldn’t fix anything.

Also on [Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/joekarlsson/film/blue-heron/)

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