Review of Far from Heaven (2002) by Kyle B — 16 Aug 2014
There were so many things about this film that I loved--the costumes, the color palettes, the cinematography, the music, the look of the 50s, when I was a child. However, the fifties was heavily into melodrama as well.
Julianna Moore's Kathy Whitaker and her husband are such a fake Stepford couple. When people's lives are coming unravelled, nobody is so unfailingly knd and considerate and perfect. There are fights and yelling.
Even in the most crucial scenes of conflict here, the people involved are so understated as to be almost comatose. It's as if everyone is heavily sedated on tranquilizers, and it definitely does not reflect real life, in the 50s or any other era.
I wasn't moved to tears at all, because, since the film did not reflect real life, it didn't touch any chords with real people. It never rose above it's own world that was purely artifice.
This review of Far from Heaven (2002) was written by Kyle B on 16 Aug 2014.
Far from Heaven has generally received very positive reviews.
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