Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Journey
Today's film looks like a feel good praise of marriage and ends up being that, and a whole lot more.
We get to see behind the scenes of this happy couple who go off for a weekend, alone without distractions, to beautiful Paris, where uninterrupted by the rest of their lives they get intimacy which they did not expect.
Lindsay Duncan and Jim Broadbent are perfect as the couple. Weary of one another but ready to be surprised. Which is the main ingredient of this wonderful film.
Jeff Goldblum is an old friend, out of the blue, who is a counterpoint and counterbalance to these two. He is wonderful too. All the right things as a friend who is just a little bit out of whack. Counterpoint.
I liked it a lot.
If they wanted to go to Paris for a change of pace, this is certainly what they found. In a good way.
I will give this a solid 3 out of Netflix5 because I have been overrating films lately and have to get back in stride. I would not want to see this again because it would not be the same. First and only times are often better.
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