7.0 stars.
Three best friends are in a love triangle of sorts. Our lead male overhears our lead female say to the other guy that she's in love. He assumes she loves the other guy, but she's actually in love with him. With sadness and disappointment, he decides to leave forever, and this starts a chain of tragic events.
He returns years later. They are both still very much in love with each other, but don't realize it. Their assumptions are so deeply rooted, they cannot see through all the obvious signals.
As family and friends gather for the holidays and our two leads partake in a mini-mystery they have multiple opportunities to recognize their love. Most of the movie is spent on them trying to help a stranger find his long lost love. In the process, they fumble around and mess up their own relationship.
This film made me physically sic: the misread signals, the assumptions, and the unrequited love that needs not be. Then you have the meddling mother (his) who comes out of nowhere and is painfully irritating. The sister (his) who gives sage advice and doesn't follow through to make sure it is heeded. The leading female's mother is actually pretty cool, I like her a lot; he is smart and sophisticated.
There are too many unnecessary flops. If one person in this long chain of friends and family would make one intelligent decision, or observation none of this train wreck would have happened.
Finally the mystery unravels and we discover that it was much deeper than we realized. The ending is very touching and heartfelt.
I love the the script, the acting, the lighting, music, everything. I hate the story. Why? Because it's just sad and disappointing. It's a commentary on how polished the movie is, and so I must give it a good rating for that alone. Entertaining? Yes. Maddening? Yes. The leads have good chemistry, the longing stares, the awkward behavior, they are madly in love with each other and are reading the body language and signals as disgust and loathing? What is wrong with people? Does this happen in real life? Just have an honest conversation already, because you are best friends, right? Why are people so afraid of saying: "Hey, I know you might be uncomfortable and we are best friends, but I'm in love with you. If that means the friendship is over, I guess that's the price we must pay."
Three best friends are in a love triangle of sorts. Our lead male overhears our lead female say to the other guy that she's in love. He assumes she loves the other guy, but she's actually in love with him. With sadness and disappointment, he decides to leave forever, and this starts a chain of tragic events.
He returns years later. They are both still very much in love with each other, but don't realize it. Their assumptions are so deeply rooted, they cannot see through all the obvious signals.
As family and friends gather for the holidays and our two leads partake in a mini-mystery they have multiple opportunities to recognize their love. Most of the movie is spent on them trying to help a stranger find his long lost love. In the process, they fumble around and mess up their own relationship.
This film made me physically sic: the misread signals, the assumptions, and the unrequited love that needs not be. Then you have the meddling mother (his) who comes out of nowhere and is painfully irritating. The sister (his) who gives sage advice and doesn't follow through to make sure it is heeded. The leading female's mother is actually pretty cool, I like her a lot; he is smart and sophisticated.
There are too many unnecessary flops. If one person in this long chain of friends and family would make one intelligent decision, or observation none of this train wreck would have happened.
Finally the mystery unravels and we discover that it was much deeper than we realized. The ending is very touching and heartfelt.
I love the the script, the acting, the lighting, music, everything. I hate the story. Why? Because it's just sad and disappointing. It's a commentary on how polished the movie is, and so I must give it a good rating for that alone. Entertaining? Yes. Maddening? Yes. The leads have good chemistry, the longing stares, the awkward behavior, they are madly in love with each other and are reading the body language and signals as disgust and loathing? What is wrong with people? Does this happen in real life? Just have an honest conversation already, because you are best friends, right? Why are people so afraid of saying: "Hey, I know you might be uncomfortable and we are best friends, but I'm in love with you. If that means the friendship is over, I guess that's the price we must pay."