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<html>By Barbara Vancheri / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) clings to her sanity the way she hangs on to her white Chanel jacket and the Hermes handbag that dangles from her arm midway between wrist and elbow.But in the new Woody Allen drama, "Blue Jasmine,[http://sm97.cc/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=182788&fromuid=3717 Simon Goodwin wants to replace James Hird but Mark Thompson has hero status]," her mental health is slipping away along with her pricey possessions -- symbols and remnants of her old life as a Manhattan socialite married to a charming wealthy businessman (Alec Baldwin). Blue Jasmine <br>4 stars = Outstanding<br>Ratings explainedStarring:Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins.Rating:PG-13 for mature thematic material, language and sexual content.She once had a maid to answer the door, a ring with a diamond the size of a postage stamp, an upscale charity of choice and friends who shopped for gowns to wear to tony galas. 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Then again, this isn t a comedy but an excellent drama with a bracing, bleak and powerful end.</html> | <html>By Barbara Vancheri / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) clings to her sanity the way she hangs on to her white Chanel jacket and the Hermes handbag that dangles from her arm midway between wrist and elbow.But in the new Woody Allen drama, "Blue Jasmine,[http://sm97.cc/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=182788&fromuid=3717 Simon Goodwin wants to replace James Hird but Mark Thompson has hero status]," her mental health is slipping away along with her pricey possessions -- symbols and remnants of her old life as a Manhattan socialite married to a charming wealthy businessman (Alec Baldwin). 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If the cracks become too many and too deep, the vessel will not hold.Ms. Hawkins played Colin Farrell s working-class girlfriend in Mr. Allen s "Cassandra s Dream" but may be better known as the sunny, kooky school teacher in "Happy-Go-Lucky." Here, Ginger has always felt as though she played second fiddle to her prettier, more favored sister and yet she s willing to welcome her into her home.But Andrew Dice Clay in a Woody Allen movie? Who would have thought it, and yet he s a perfect fit.Playing the men in Ginger s life, he, Bobby Cannavale and Louis C.K. represent varying degrees of rough edges, blunt talk and blue-collar earthiness. 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