Review of The Edge of Love (2008) by David Ray G — 03 Apr 2009
Alas, at last a decent movie! I've watched so much bull lately, that a movie like this is like a fresh breath of air! But I can't say that I wasn't disappointed. The comparison of this movie with "Atonement" gave me hope, since that one was indeed a masterpiece -to my books at least.
The performances are wonderful. Simply wonderful. All four actors of the basic cast are brilliant -each offering a different texture to their role, a different kind of breath - fully-developed characters that make you feel sorry for them, make you love them or hate them -that's what acting is in certain ways. And this movie is all about the acting -at least my rating is greatly based on that (maybe more for the men, maybe even more for Matthew Rhys). Because the movie isn't really so interesting. Stories like this have come and gone and come and gone again. It can definitely make someone tired, but you want to see the outcome of everyone's actions, to see how badly it's going to end, because it truly could never have a different ending.
It's simply the journey of four radically different people in a difficult historical era and the choices they make -all of that under the sound of great jazz tunes.
This review of The Edge of Love (2008) was written by David Ray G on 03 Apr 2009.
The Edge of Love has generally received mixed reviews.
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