Sunday, October 16, 2011
YOUNG LOVE GONE WRONG
Today's film was
with Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.
Lower class marriage of necessity. No capacity to "work through" stuff. Mismatched temperaments. Romance fades. End of the road.
Simple. Painful. But this film takes a different course than you might expect. It teems with life. It has history through flashbacks. There are a hundred things wrong about what has happened to these two people. Family backgrounds, maturity gap. It is sad and sometimes difficult to watch how this all unwinds but Gosling and Williams make us care very much for them and their daughter.
Sex has gone away or the romance part has. When that doesn't work, what happens? They do not answer the question for themselves but their story is a revelation for those who watch. Us. Show don't tell.
Ebert notes that they watch each other. You can see this in the mode of communication that has developed. The thrown back question. The instant offense taken. The sarcasm of familiarity. So painful especially when right on target.
I would be willing to watch this again just to inventory the pain and missed opportunities.
These young actors are very very good.
I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5.
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