An average movie

It was yet another rather obscure movie and the main reason I wanted to watch it was because Roger Ebert really loved it (in fact, he even chose it as one of the best movies released during that year). Eventually,  even though I was able to see it why Ebert really loved it, I can’t say I really shared his enthusiasm. I guess my main problem was that it was dealing with just too many subjects which all were really interesting but, with a running time of just above 90 minutes,  there was just too much to explore and just not enough time to provide something really satisfaying.  On top of that, all the dialogues were in iambic pentameter which made everyhing sound elegant and poetic but I'm not a huge fan of this artistic gimmick even if it was rather well used here as it made the conversations sound rather remote from reality.  Still, there were definitely some artistic qualities about the whole thing. Above all, the main couple was perfectly cast and they both gave some really solid performances. It was especially nice to see Joan Allen who doesn't make so many movies nowadays. She is such a fine and charming actress, really refreshing and genuine and she seems like a real woman compared to most of the unreachable and supposedly gorgeous younger actresses that we usually get. Anyway, to conclude, even though it didn’t really convince me, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look.