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Summary: A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry (Shaw) and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor (Paltrow).
Deals with a complex situation in the lives of rough, trying individuals. Phoenix is painfully alive, embracing his characters ascendant peaks and punishing valleys. Paltrow is proverbially messed up, too busy dealing with the fallout of her life to figure out it's problems. I took issue with the pacing, which sometimes skipped along too quickly for belief, and the plotting, which was sometimes bizarre, occasionally managing to get the character interactions right in an unbelievable situation.
Phoenix kissing Paltrow. That scene spoiled the movie... I mean, the whole scene, until she kicks his ass... so embarrassing... I found myself really bored that moment, but the rest is fine...
The ending sold me. The story is resolved in a very human, mature manner where you completely buy everyone's choices even if they aren't for the best. In fact all the emotions involved in this movie are deeply complex and so true to real life - we end up rooting for Leonard and Michelle to be together even though the relationship would be highly destructive whilst the ending leaves you wondering quite what you should be feeling. The film has a great emotional intelligence and I loved it.
Two Lovers captures the dueling, irreconcilable tension between the intrinsically human desires for stability and self-destruction even as it works as a remarkably subtle rumination of the sexual politics of ethnic assimilation. Assured, beautiful, and finally devastating.
Two Lovers explores the dualistic nature of lusting the person who's bad for you and loving the person who isn't, played wonderfully by its three stars but never fully realized by its screenplay or direction.
Também pode ser lido como "por que demorei tanto pra ver esse filme?". James Gray consegue quebrar todos os clichês de histórias de amor (ou desamor) e cria um sensível e íntimo retrato de Leonard e seus tormentos. E não se deixe enganar pelo desfecho aparentemente conformista; se Leonard não foi correspondido pela mulher que amava, decidiu levar sua amarga infelicidade para si mesmo ao derreter-se nos braços de sua namorada.
It's tempting to compare this to White Nights, which it can't live up to, of which it's a very loose adaptation. It keeps the emotional core of the characters but the different situations change which aspects are emphasized. Without the baggage, though, it's a wonderful film with some very strong performances and scenes that really resonate. The performances really capture the little moments with glances and subtle reactions.
The ending sold me. The story is resolved in a very human, mature manner where you completely buy everyone's choices even if they aren't for the best. In fact all the emotions involved in this movie are deeply complex and so true to real life - we end up rooting for Leonard and Michelle to be together even though the relationship would be highly destructive whilst the ending leaves you wondering quite what you should be feeling. The film has a great emotional intelligence and I loved it.
Gray's approach is firm and sharp, heightening the anxiety of the situations he presents without every resorting to melodrama. Phoenix is quite good as a man who's trained himself to approach the world with great care, but can't help letting himself get caught up in the notion of grabbing reckless freedom. Eventually, Gray loses his own grip on the story, and most of the last act feels both false and predictable. The moody character study still works, but the plot falls apart around it.
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