Though not optimally made, this movie is captivating.
It 'only' shows the love affair of two people, alas married, who have no intention to stray. It simply is their inherent desire of just being together that brings them into the state of affairs.
Great play and / or maquillage on the side of especially Meryl Streep that convincingly and immediately shows her internal state(s): feeling good, feeling bad, feeling happy, etc.
The audience can follow as observer, how these two come together, ever closer.
A nice trick to show the true love of the two is by not getting them together for sex during the plot. Alongside the wife of Frank, who immediately states "It is worse!" when Frank tells her, that he didn't even sleep with Molly. She seems to feel what is going on.
Harmless. The audience is not presented with big drama, no sex, no cruelty. Which renders this movie better. Harmless, because the audience knows almost exactly what goes on. Except of a few things, like the discussions between Brian and Molly about the relationship.
'Harmlessness' doesn't have to be a bad attribut; especially in a generation like the current one, where cinema and movies seem to run the better, the more they contain violence, blood, beating, raping.
A remarkably intense and recommendable movie. Please, overlook the less than perfect direction, cinematography and story board. Cross the overdrawn first 25 minutes. Good idea, but just too long.
Enjoy the rest, instead!
It 'only' shows the love affair of two people, alas married, who have no intention to stray. It simply is their inherent desire of just being together that brings them into the state of affairs.
Great play and / or maquillage on the side of especially Meryl Streep that convincingly and immediately shows her internal state(s): feeling good, feeling bad, feeling happy, etc.
The audience can follow as observer, how these two come together, ever closer.
A nice trick to show the true love of the two is by not getting them together for sex during the plot. Alongside the wife of Frank, who immediately states "It is worse!" when Frank tells her, that he didn't even sleep with Molly. She seems to feel what is going on.
Harmless. The audience is not presented with big drama, no sex, no cruelty. Which renders this movie better. Harmless, because the audience knows almost exactly what goes on. Except of a few things, like the discussions between Brian and Molly about the relationship.
'Harmlessness' doesn't have to be a bad attribut; especially in a generation like the current one, where cinema and movies seem to run the better, the more they contain violence, blood, beating, raping.
A remarkably intense and recommendable movie. Please, overlook the less than perfect direction, cinematography and story board. Cross the overdrawn first 25 minutes. Good idea, but just too long.
Enjoy the rest, instead!