Still mourning a loss myself, I am drawn to films which feature the topic of loss and grief, searching for at least one which does at least a decent (hopefully good to great) job of being touching, poignant, sad yet perhaps life-affirming somehow. I'm still looking. And this was perhaps the worst of the lot. It opens with Andie MacDowell, who I've always been a big fan of, joking with her son about how great his (terminally ill) dad is in bed. ha ha ha. Yeah that's what every son wants to hear from his mom about his dying dad; how appropriate. It continues with scintillating dialogue like "I'm not happy but I'm happy." "Yeah, I'm happy, but not all the time." Oh and Andie MacDowell lets out a huge laugh at something her son says but we've no idea why. Wow I was on the edge of my seat. You wouldn't think it could go downhill from there, but it does..or at least never rises from the bottom, with plenty more dialogue which will bore you to tears, plenty of cursing, a little crotch-grabbing, even an out and out nude scene. Stay classy Hollywood. And the whole time-shift thing was pointless, a desperate attempt to be "artistic" I suppose. Epic fail. Honestly, a completely vomit-inducing work on every front. It's a shame we can't give negative stars.
Review of Love After Love
