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Mark M Better than its getting credit for, here, from too many. The acting is first rate by the leads, Watts and Wright -- and even the sons and the husband are quite decent. The potentially offensive story -- while it troubles the boundaries of decency (Hamlet, Aeschylus anyone?) gets a lot of help from the directing, acting and even the dialogue. It feels well written and natural, particularly in the first half of the film. The seriousness of the attempt to resist by the mothers is also more than believable. All in all --I happened to like the lead actors very much, so much that I absolutely enjoyed the movie. The plot -- well, given my own life and those of many friends, it's hardly shocking to me. What can I say! (smile) Murmur of the Heart by Louis Malle came to mind: in spite of the differences it shared some of that spirit. For 'the disgusted,' the ending suggests they will pay a price, the final shot where they are all isolated on a raft. But given the idyllic beauty of the setting and given their proven commitment to one another by the end of the story, and all the suffering they go through, they seem to have earned whatever life they will end up with. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/02/25 Full Review Tatiana V For a lot of people it will look like perverse relationships. And they will be right. Even those mothers from the movie said so. And mothers tried hard to finish what seemed to be just an occasional piece. Apparently, love doesn’t look at the age (at least twice for this beautiful story). Everyone involved into relationships were confused and ashamed. They all knew how the life SHOULD be… and they tried… and failed Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/20/24 Full Review Jason R probably worth a watch, 2 mothers who grew up together find themselves in sexual activity with each others sons, a weird storyline but worth watching once Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/20/24 Full Review Victor O I heard of this while checking out Robin Wright's filmography after having seen her in something else. This struck me as odd considering she is American, and the rest of the film was made by Australians. But I decided to check the story and I can see that this is a May-September romance of not just one but two couples of older but still beautiful women romancing two younger men. Lil and Roz are a pair of women who have known each other since they were children, growing up they married men who each bore them a son. One became a divorcee, the other a widow as they raised their sons to become handsome men. Living on the Australian coast their sons grow up with little to no experience with the opposite sex except their mother's friend. The attraction becomes palpable as each woman claims the other young man as a lover. This goes on for a while until the fear of aging causes these women to abandon their lovers and hope they move on. Only the young men find other women and create relationships, the end becomes a terrible mess. I have seen films with an age gap between lovers before and in many cases, they are embarrassing, but acceptable perhaps because they favor older men over younger women. But when older women go along with younger men it's seen as a perversion. What drives this is that the older women fall in love with their best friend's grown son, keeping it secret and dooming their relationship with others. This felt trashy and revolting and despite some good acting with the ladies, this wasn't a good movie. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Eeeeewww it was like a category on pornhub like my 'best friend's hot mom' or my 'My friend's sexy son is finally 18'. Only with passionless sex scenes, minimal real conflict and unconvincing feelings attached to it. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member 2 moms watch their boys grow into "Gods" on the beach...and then they start sleeping with them. Twisted, yes. And it might even be powerful if it weren't so completely far fetched. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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