Review of Take This Waltz (2011) by Enrica C — 20 Dec 2012

I honestly liked it. "Take This Waltz" leaves you with an unconfortable feeling in which you suddently realize the sad, bare truth: we're all alone, no matter how much we try. Each and one of us might just find the right someone just walking out the door, while others will never find him/her -- that's it. And we all might change our mind during this crazy ride called life, but this doesn't mean that we'll end up happily ever after. Happiness is just a temporary state of most relationships, and it almost never lasts, and it changes us on many different levels: this is what this tiny, cute Canadian movie is trying to tell us.

Sarah Polley did a good job in writing and directing "Take This Waltz". This simple, tragic story follows the life of Margot, a married woman who falls for another man. But the movie doesn't develope as you might expect it to: it takes a while before Margot gives in to her feelings. And after she does, she's back to square one. Or at least that's the feeling I had: she's back being alone even if she has a man by her side, a man who used to care for her and give her signs of his affection every day. But things change. That's the constant that everybody keeps on forgetting about: change.

The story of a woman in search for some real affection, and for a person who really cares for her. But again, "Take This Waltz" is so much more profound than this, and words just can't describe it in its integrity, so I guess you should just go on and watch it.