After Ben and George get married, George is fired from his teaching post, forcing them to stay with friends separately while they sell their place and look for cheaper housing -- a situation that weighs heavily on all involved.
Elevated from nice to beautifully memorable by wonderful performances and thoughtful direction of perfect small moments.
Molina and Lithgow shine as newlywed grumpy old men in a moving love story that’s also a masterclass in emotional subtlety.
Lithgow, Molina and Tomei deliver some of their finest ever work in this quietly moving look into the finite nature of so much of life, not just love.
Gentle and naturalistic, Love Is Strange is an intimate portrait of devotion that you will root for, without falling in love.
This is a film of great gentleness and subtlety.
While Sachs’ handling of the material is not splendid – the pace is a little odd and Tomei’s dialogue in particular feels a touch on the nose – it ultimately rings true: being in love is still the best tradeoff for the pain of living.
Beautifully observed and slow-burning, the film concentrates on aspects of relationships that other romantic dramas routinely ignore.
It is a wry, graceful, beautifully observed late-life romance.
It is enjoyable, if never really all that believable.
True to its title, Love is Strange offers a timely and tender spin on a traditional love story just in time for Valentine’s Day.
It’s a gentle film that shies away from obvious dramatics; probably too underpowered for some. Yet it’s beautifully performed by Lithgow and Molina without a whiff of gay stereotype and rather profound.
An ageing gay couple are forced by circumstances to live apart in Ira Sachs’s restrained and believable film.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee from Friday February 27, 2015, until Thursday March 5, 2015. More info: www.dca.org.uk
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