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A Patch of Blue

A Patch of Blue

Drama · Romance · 1965

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.

Movie details

A Patch of Blue

“Love is color blind.”

1965 Drama · Romance 1h 45m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

8.0 / 10

9.7K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

89 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

73 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.6 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Guy Green

Written by

Guy Green

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Gordon Ralfe

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Rose-Ann D'Arcey

Elizabeth Hartman

Elizabeth Hartman

Selina D'Arcey

Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford

Ole Pa

Ivan Dixon

Ivan Dixon

Mark Ralfe

Elisabeth Fraser

Elisabeth Fraser

Sadie

John Qualen

John Qualen

Mr. Faber

Court is in session

Put A Patch of Blue on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.