This excellent drama centers on the clash and incompatibility of two completely different worldviews: a free-wheeling single guy, and a dedicated lesbian couple with teenage children.
What is so cool about this movie is that it shows the challenge of marriage and the commitment it takes to make it work through good times and bad. It shows remorse and tough consequences for breaking vows and there is no easy solution if you make egregiously bad choices.
The cast was all-around excellent and likable (or in the case of Nic, purposefully unlikable). I thought Mia Wasikowska was superb as Joni, and really grounded this film through her emotions on-screen. It helps that the dialogue throughout the movie was very natural and realistic.
I thought Julianne Moore has done better in other films and displayed some strange lip-pulling in some of her scenes. I also struggled a little in the attraction between her & Mark Ruffalo... seemed a little mismatched. This movie also rates lower for me in its overabundance of cuss words. The script was smart enough and realistic enough, why can't the writers be a little more creative than dropping the f-bomb as the only proper way to show anger. C'mon! Overall an emotional movie that I think teaches some good lessons, shows consequences for sexual promiscuity, and also mirrors the importance of family, trust, love & commitment.
What is so cool about this movie is that it shows the challenge of marriage and the commitment it takes to make it work through good times and bad. It shows remorse and tough consequences for breaking vows and there is no easy solution if you make egregiously bad choices.
The cast was all-around excellent and likable (or in the case of Nic, purposefully unlikable). I thought Mia Wasikowska was superb as Joni, and really grounded this film through her emotions on-screen. It helps that the dialogue throughout the movie was very natural and realistic.
I thought Julianne Moore has done better in other films and displayed some strange lip-pulling in some of her scenes. I also struggled a little in the attraction between her & Mark Ruffalo... seemed a little mismatched. This movie also rates lower for me in its overabundance of cuss words. The script was smart enough and realistic enough, why can't the writers be a little more creative than dropping the f-bomb as the only proper way to show anger. C'mon! Overall an emotional movie that I think teaches some good lessons, shows consequences for sexual promiscuity, and also mirrors the importance of family, trust, love & commitment.