Review of Love Is All You Need (2012) by Craig S — 31 Dec 2013

The true message of this Great Film by Susan Bier is missed by many who have reviewed it. A N.Y times writer actually said it "Love is all you need" was about a wedding that goes wrong. And focused on the why the song "That's Amore'" was used! It was mildly offensive after watching this Movie, because the review was so out of touch with the real story of how Love in all its forms is all you need! All you need to cope with Cancer.

All you need to start living again. All you need to forgive. All you need to find Happiness. While to some this concept is corny, it is true. Getting there is not easy however. I fell in Love with Trine Dylholm.

..an absolutely fabulous performance that was "Streepesque"!! I have never seen her in anything but her performance was as believable as any I have ever seen. And Brosnan's delivery of his brilliant script as his character's (Phillip) heart is awaken, after meeting for the first time since the loss of his wife, a woman whose soul and zest for life, even when dealing with cancer, is just too hard to ignore.

The scene when 'Ida' walks out of the water is one of the most beautifully sexy scenes ever, as she says of the water...."It was fresh!" Trine makes this movie special as her performance ties all the others together.

The sub-plot about her daughter's wedding is just that. The real story is how the corny, simple concept of believing in Love in all circumstances is truly the only choice to make. Ida seriously struggles with burdening a perfectly healthy and attractive man with her illness.

She tells Phillip to leave and go to Italy without her. In the end, in good ole Corny fashion, Ida chooses Love. Predictable maybe, but this is a film that through one of the best performances I have ever seen by Trine Dyholm, reaches to a much deeper level of what a person being pulled in so many directions at once is feeling.

And not always by anything she is saying, but by how she so enchantingly speaks with her multitude of expressions including her instantly addictive smile. My Better half was just as smitten as she said.

.." I just love her!!" This was one of the top 3 movies I have watched from 2013. And Trine should have been nominated!