Review of Love Is Strange (2014) by Kenny I — 04 Sep 2014

I knew next to nothing about this movie beside its basic concept and the acclaim that it has garnered. I was happy to see a movie with a gay couple that isn't actually about a gay couple, and there are some moments of beauty, both in aesthetics and simplicity.

The two leads are very good, and those are what give this movie the life that it has, but otherwise, it's too slow to make an impact. This movie is 94 minutes and it feels like it's well over two hours.

It's incredibly slow, and this is coming from someone who idolizes Sofia Coppola and considers Eyes Wide Shut and Under the Skin to be among their favorite films of all time. Here, there are glimmers of interest occasionally, and then they vanish.

I appreciate what they went for, especially in today's over-saturated market of explosion-fests, but it didn't work as well as it good have, or as well as other current indies have. Hats off to its realism, though.

6.5/10, okay, average, one thumb down, etc.