A teenage girl's wet dream - and I mean that in a positive way!

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2019)

I watched The Big Blue for the first time as a young teenager when it came out I 1988. Since then I've watched it countless times and it remains one of my all time favorites. It's a poetic - yet very sexy - love story between and man and a woman AND between a man and the ocean. Jean-Marc Barr is perfect as Mayol and his journey through the movie in many ways resemble a coming of age tale, that I as a teenage girl fell absolutely in love with. The pace of the movie is slow, but mesmerizing. And it's one of the most iconic examples of the Cinema du look of French Cinema.
But from the other reviews here, I can tell that the version most people refer to is the director's cut, which in my opinion is for the die hard fan only. The original version is an hour shorter and in English. I've seen both versions many times, and as huge fan of this movie, I love both, but the original is the true masterpiece. The plot is much tighter and pace even a little faster. I will recommend that you find the original version instead of the director's cut, if you are to watch this movie for the first time.
Lastly I will recommend Eric Serra's soundtrack. It's in my opinion one of the best soundtracks ever.