Review of Falling in Love (1984) by Don S — 15 Jul 2011

Call me unromantic, call me an ogre, call me what you will. I found this movie to be boring. I enjoyed that it takes place, beginning and ending a year later, at Christmas, only because it is that time of year now. De Niro and Streep are both very young. The story itself moves at an interminable pace. I didn't feel the chemistry between the two characters, Frank and Molly. I didn't see the connection, feel the attraction, however you want to put it. These are two unconnected characters who run into each other on a train after a chance meeting in a bookstore. What is the impetus for the relationship? Seeing their family life before the chance meeting, neither seems unsatisfied. Where did this come from? This is a movie in which NOTHING happens. A supposed deep seated love develops because they sneak around and have lunch several times a week? I can't fathom what the point of this movie is. That it is okay to have an affair, destroying two families in the process? Maybe I missed something, because I'm so confused my head hurts. I can only recommend this movie to either De Niro or Streep completists.

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