I've always enjoyed Catherine Zeta-Jones, I first saw her in "Mask of Zorro" and I really thought she was Spanish. Here she is Sandy, a 40-ish single woman with two children. As she heads back to the workforce she needs help and has a young man, about 25, ends up being a babysitter and perhaps more. He is Justin Bartha as Aram Finklestein. They seem to be perfect for each other, and he is great with the kids, but she is spooked by the age difference, and eventually lets that drive a wedge between them.
They split up and over a 5-year period he travels around the world, experiencing many different things, growing up a bit. She progresses in her career, and is poised to become a TV news anchor. They meet up again quite by accident in a restaurant.
It is a good story about the realities of relationships and age differences. I went through it myself, when I was 40 and she was 52. While age difference is not the deciding factor, it does introduce its own issues.
I recognized Art Garfunkel right away, as Aram's dad, Harry Finklestein . I remember first seeing him as an actor in the 1971 "Carnal Knowledge" when he was not yet 30. For the younger crowd who may not know, he was the Garfunkel of the great 1960s singing duo "Simon and Garfunkel" who did, among others, the famous "Bridge Over Troubled Water". It is always fun to see him in an acting role.
SPOILERS: When Sandy and Aram met up again, he said "I am 30" as a hint that he may not be too young anymore. He had adopted a young boy in his world travels, as they sit in a booth for the families to share some fellowship and re-connect, the camera shows Sandy and Aram holding hands under the table, as the movie fades to credits, we are to assume they resumed their relationship and to this day are still living happily ever after. It happens!
They split up and over a 5-year period he travels around the world, experiencing many different things, growing up a bit. She progresses in her career, and is poised to become a TV news anchor. They meet up again quite by accident in a restaurant.
It is a good story about the realities of relationships and age differences. I went through it myself, when I was 40 and she was 52. While age difference is not the deciding factor, it does introduce its own issues.
I recognized Art Garfunkel right away, as Aram's dad, Harry Finklestein . I remember first seeing him as an actor in the 1971 "Carnal Knowledge" when he was not yet 30. For the younger crowd who may not know, he was the Garfunkel of the great 1960s singing duo "Simon and Garfunkel" who did, among others, the famous "Bridge Over Troubled Water". It is always fun to see him in an acting role.
SPOILERS: When Sandy and Aram met up again, he said "I am 30" as a hint that he may not be too young anymore. He had adopted a young boy in his world travels, as they sit in a booth for the families to share some fellowship and re-connect, the camera shows Sandy and Aram holding hands under the table, as the movie fades to credits, we are to assume they resumed their relationship and to this day are still living happily ever after. It happens!