It gets two big thumbs up from me. It might not quite be quite up to the level of Coraline or The Hurt Locker, but it's very good. It's a great movie about falling into a certain sort of love. A love where you are more in love with the idea of love, the idea of being in love, or the idea of a person or relationship, than with the actual person you are supposedly connected with (which is why I think some of the criticism of the female lead being a cypher is off-base - that's kind of the whole point of the movie). I think both the writing and direction are extremely strong, and both leads give winning performances (and the supporting players are good too). I liked it a lot.
Posted by armand at August 17, 2009 02:00 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Movies