Sunday, March 13, 2011
BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
Today's film was the little indie that could.
This film, made for $15,000 dollars, has a million dollar (and more) wallop.
Funny, incisive, fresh, real, wonderfully acted. This is about a couple who have staled out in their relationship but can't, somehow, end it.
What we see is how they manage to breaaaaak it off with a sort of slow motion energy that is hilarious and a little heart breaking.
They do this in front of their friends and family.
This film features, not one, but two Jewish mothers. The two wonderful actresses manage to cover the gamut of this category. One darkly funny and the other manically hilarious.
It is interesting. It took me awhile to like this young couple but I realized that they became more attractive to me as they began to move apart. Each individual came out of hiding as they broke up the formidable "performing act" of a couple who are dancing as fast as they can to survive.
It felt genuine to me.
I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5. I wouldn't mind seeing it again for all the really deep belly laughs that it offers.
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