There’s an intrusive, rumbling voiceover throughout the full two-plus hours of this movie that often makes it seem as though you’re watching a very, very long trailer. It’s evidence of the film’s origins as a novel, and also of the fact that the original author co-wrote the screenplay and clearly couldn’t let go of his own prose. A shame, because this is the worst thing in an otherwise nicely constructed movie, and threatens to derail the whole thing just when you’re starting to enjoy it.
Essentially this is a high school movie with (if not for) adults- dowdy (miscast) Kate Winslet has an affair with muscular, mysterious prom king Patrick Wilson, but knows he’s never going to leave overachieving Jennifer Connelly. The trouble is they all have kids, so the stakes are so much higher. The film is nicely photographed and very well acted, and only the aforementioned narration and a predictably bleak ending let it down.
by Tom Huddleston | Source: DVD
30 Aug 2007 12:44 PM | Submit Comment
