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    Love Is Strange

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    Though LOVE IS STRANGE is a drama, it is often listed as a romantic comedy, which, of course, is totally absurd. The film, however, does have a lot of humour, perhaps too much humour for its own good midst such serious subject matter. But this is not its only problem. The two leads, Kate Nelligan and Ron Silver don't come off very well from almost any perspective. One would have wanted more feeling between these two though they've long parted. They are much too unemotional and so the characters don't work. The characters of Kevin Walls as the son and Julie Harris as Kate's mother are much more real and therefore more satisfying and to my liking. The great 5 time Tony winner Miss Harris could read the phone book and still make it dramatic.

    Further to the above, Love is Strange is problematic because it wants to be too many things in a relatively short script. The film has its interesting and entertaining bits with a genuine feel to it. For whatever reason the writer/director doesn't feel this is enough. The attempt at mixing romance, comedy and drama doesn't mesh well in this feature. It often sadly feels the film is forcing things by trying to be overly amusing when 'touching' would have been sufficient. The main thesis of the piece, I dare say, is to get on with one's life such as it is, however long it is, leaving some mark on society. This is substantial material. Why fiddle with more? This is where it falls apart. The director wants some humour, she wants some subtlety and yet the musical score is ringing out " tearjerker." Why is it so difficult to understand that sometimes LESS is MORE! A lot less would have done this movie a whole lot of good!

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    pietroantoni@  9.2.2015 age: 36-49 14,540 reviews

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