Rented this movie and had to own a copy...Phoenix.Paltrow and Shaw carry out James Grey's vision of love's and life's trials..Reality trumps illusion and dreams. Excellent photography and music and settings. Excellent supporting actors and production..Unusual camera shots and urban feel without being forced. Movie was in color but you remember it as black and white due to mood..Catch the low volume urban hum in the background sound track of many shots...You believe what you are seeing, it doesn't seem like a movie..Phoenix carrys the feeling of a saddened lonely depressed person awash and drowning in his emotions and dreams. He reaches a level of submersion in the character that makes you really feel for him and identify with the character he becomes..Paltrow is perfect as the ditzy confused but ultimately complex character who offers a possible escape for Phoenix, only to slip away...Salt of the earth Shaw as hopeful and needy but ultimately genuine in her commitment..I use their names, but make no mistake they become the characters and they become every man and everywoman, not another star trip where you watch a personality "act"...The story and the character is the thing.....Lot of unsaid issues, but real life and love often is like this and lucky, or maybe unlucky too, is the viewer who can't relate to something of the experiences here..One of the best movies in many years for me..And Phoenix and Grey deserve an Oscar. Phoenix earned a year off after this..How can you expect someone to just quickly shed this skin after it has been so tightly fit.Read full review
I watched this movie for Joaquin, and once again he's done an amazing job. I'm not one for romance/dramas, but this was such a fantastic film. It made me laugh and cry every single time I watch it. Got my Mom to sit down and watch it with me and she was immediately interested. Love this movie, definitely a 10 out of 10.
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Liked this movie...and can relate to the characters!
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Great movie and flawless-not one scratch!
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This was a very intriguing story where the main character was torn up by his first engagement that he turned around into another more fantasy engagement between three people. Then while he was fooling around with his fantasy woman that he could not have, that a real romance develops that he conviently fell into when his dream girl leaves him for her boyfriend. It was a different change of pace movie and I liked it. The music was great too.
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