Review of Take This Waltz (2011) by Honested — 03 Jul 2012
The central love affair at the heart of this summer flick is the love of the world class city which is the setting for this romantic drama. This should come as no surprise when we consider that native Torontonian Sarah Polley used an all Canadian cast.
In fact most of the lead cast members met on the set of Degrassi High- the mythical Canadian public television drama which was produced in the late 1980's. Polley also remained in contact with Sarah Silverman in spite of Silverman being fired from the second season of Degrassi following charges of public indecency following an incident at a Degrassi public appearance in a Mississauga mall.
The richness of the directing and acting are complemented by the beautifully shot city where the characters live. One gets the feeling that those characters naturally exist there in a way they would not in, say, Los Angeles or New York.
The centrality of Canadian identity of the story is made most explicit in the climactic scene where Rogen wearing a Toronto Jersey and Kirby in a Montreal Jersey play a hockey game to decide who will get the girl.
This review of Take This Waltz (2011) was written by Honested on 03 Jul 2012.
Take This Waltz has generally received positive reviews.
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