Review of Intimacy (2001) by Dimitris S — 25 Sep 2009
One of the best things Patrice Chereau has done is this. Less emotionally gaudy than 'Queen Margot', a French director works well with an English cast and story set in contemporary London.
Unfairly ridiculed for its graphic sex scenes between the two leads (Mark Rylance and Kerry Fox) it seems the UK film critics would have preferred soft porn with Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake rolling around on the floor. And what an empty film that would have been.
Rylance, who was the director of the Globe Theatre in London for several years, brings an emotional desperation to the character that was missing in Hanif Kureishi's collection of short stories. New Zealander, Kerry Fox, is perfect as a middle-aged housewife and part-time actress who realizes too late that her life will never go in the direction she wants. The always amazing Timothy Spall plays her lumbering, suffocating husband who is shattered by the truth of his wife's affair.
This movie is a thousand times better than the butt-awful "Nine Songs".
This review of Intimacy (2001) was written by Dimitris S on 25 Sep 2009.
Intimacy has generally received positive reviews.
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