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| I nibbled 4 out of 5 nuts for this movie |
The simple but powerful tale of a 2-in-1 anti-moral love story.
Anne Fontaine's adaptation of the semi-fiction by Nobel-Prize winner Doris Lessing (The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels
) has shocked the Mormon crowd of Utah for its premiere at Sundance. Fontaine took a very hard topic to discuss for her first English-language movie (the love story between 2 middle-aged women and each other's twenty-something son) and managed to turn it into a brilliant and beautiful movie. But the uncommon story has as little to do with incest or cougarism as Pop Tarts has to do with gastronomy. It is a very sensitive and passionate portrayal of a clusterfuck of impossible feelings. The touchy topic is so well directed that you can't help but root for those two controversial couples and their greatly disapproved relationship. The audience will catch more in the actors' eyes and attitude than their words. Even though the tale could have turned this movie into a dark secretive drama, the picture is very poetic. The peaceful score, the light and angles in addition to the day-dreaming landscapes of the Australian coast make you wonder why the characters couldn't live happily ever after. After all, Robin Wright and Naomi Watts are naturally charming women... No wonder why the boys played by Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville fall for them. The actors admirably succeeded to transcribe the spirit of the screenplay using simplicity and mixed feelings about it all.
) has shocked the Mormon crowd of Utah for its premiere at Sundance. Fontaine took a very hard topic to discuss for her first English-language movie (the love story between 2 middle-aged women and each other's twenty-something son) and managed to turn it into a brilliant and beautiful movie. But the uncommon story has as little to do with incest or cougarism as Pop Tarts has to do with gastronomy. It is a very sensitive and passionate portrayal of a clusterfuck of impossible feelings. The touchy topic is so well directed that you can't help but root for those two controversial couples and their greatly disapproved relationship. The audience will catch more in the actors' eyes and attitude than their words. Even though the tale could have turned this movie into a dark secretive drama, the picture is very poetic. The peaceful score, the light and angles in addition to the day-dreaming landscapes of the Australian coast make you wonder why the characters couldn't live happily ever after. After all, Robin Wright and Naomi Watts are naturally charming women... No wonder why the boys played by Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville fall for them. The actors admirably succeeded to transcribe the spirit of the screenplay using simplicity and mixed feelings about it all.
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