Our morning began very positively. We played with our dog Lula in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, kissed under an old oak tree and told each other how lucky we were to feel like newly-weds after over twenty years of marriage. With that, we decided to take in a matinee movie to mourn the end of my vacation days and return to work. According to the reviews, In America was an excellent movie, so we decided to give it a shot.
First off, let me tell you that the acting and direction were excellent. And if the intent of this movie was to create a pointless tale of a couple of losers with two very nice and mature children, they succeeded admirably. But who really wants to waste two hours of their time watching the dull depressing lives of people who create their own problems and can't overcome a tragedy.
(Spoiler) The Sullivan's lost one of their three children in Ireland. You learn that early on and are beaten down with this fact for the entire movie. They don't have the maturity to overcome their loss and seem to harp on it as an excuse to languish endlessly in their morose approach towards the future. They drag their children around as if they were rag dolls being trolled through emotional mud.
If you like pointless suffering and watching people who can't cope with life, this movie is a must to see. It's a feast for depressives that leaves you asking "what's the point." 4 out of 10 and generous at that. My wife gave it a 2 out of ten.
First off, let me tell you that the acting and direction were excellent. And if the intent of this movie was to create a pointless tale of a couple of losers with two very nice and mature children, they succeeded admirably. But who really wants to waste two hours of their time watching the dull depressing lives of people who create their own problems and can't overcome a tragedy.
(Spoiler) The Sullivan's lost one of their three children in Ireland. You learn that early on and are beaten down with this fact for the entire movie. They don't have the maturity to overcome their loss and seem to harp on it as an excuse to languish endlessly in their morose approach towards the future. They drag their children around as if they were rag dolls being trolled through emotional mud.
If you like pointless suffering and watching people who can't cope with life, this movie is a must to see. It's a feast for depressives that leaves you asking "what's the point." 4 out of 10 and generous at that. My wife gave it a 2 out of ten.