After have just seen Blue Car at a free screening, I would recommend that no one pay to see it. The story is a convuluted coming of age pseudo-drama with a plot lacking direction. A high school senior, Meg, discovers her gift for poetry through her AP English teacher she has a crush on. She is deeply tormented by her dad's absence, as is her little sister, who cuts her feet and puts salt in the wounds. Her mother is never home and Meg turns to the open arms of the English teacher, who encourages her to enter a poetry contest. The plot goes miserably haywire as she gains success with poetry but her sister falls into insanity and Meg turns to theft in order to get to the contest in Florida. I won't spoil it; it would be too miserable to try to explain all the misguided scenes and "action" anyway. I will say the acting is decent and the idea has potential, but the goal of going to Florida to read poetry is not important enough to justify Meg's actions. The characters are underdeveloped and not believable. A flop.
