1. A fascinating and perplexing exploration of everything that lies just under the surface of all of us.
2. It feels as "out there" as ever, and there hasn't been any movie since quite comparing to it, besides David Lynch' further adventures into mind-f**king.
3. Weird for weird's sake isn't enough; there has to be something more.
4. Blue Velvet is David Lynch in peak form, and represents (to date) his most accomplished motion picture. It is a work of fascinating scope and power that rivals any of the most subversive films to reach the screens during the '80s.
5. Lynch's fourth feature film still stands as a bona fide masterpiece, one of the few such films that actually was appreciated in its time and has perfectly weathered the 17 years since.
6. There is no denying the sheer audacity of Blue Velvet's visuals or storyline. It's quintessential David Lynch, and Dennis Hopper at his most manic.
7. Kinkiness is its salient quality, but Blue Velvet has deadpan humor too, as well as a straight-arrow side that makes its eccentricity all the crazier. There's no mistaking the exhilarating fact that it's one of a kind.
8. It's Dennis Hopper sucking on an oxygen mask like Darth Vader in Snoop Dogg's green room - In other words, it's classic Hopper!
9. Even some fifteen years after the release of Blue Velvet its vision remains wildly adamant relative to the stride of other works of contemporary noir. There have been many films about suburban crime, but none as dangerously imposing as this.
10. I found it to be brilliant and all, but it's just not a film I would watch willingly again.

What is a brief summary of the following reviews?
If audiences walk away from this subversive, surreal shocker not fully understanding the story, they might also walk away with a deeper perception of the potential of film storytelling.