Book of Love

R

Released Jan 18, 2004

1 hr. 23 min.

Comedy

Drama

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A teenager (Gregory Smith) befriends a happily married couple (Frances O'Connor, Simon Baker), then has an amorous encounter with the man's wife.

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Frances O'Connor is spectacular, and Simon Baker does a great job too. Illustrates how messy life can get where other movies would tie things up in a bow and all three main actors phenomenally portray the confusion, denial, regret, fear when faced with emotions they dont understand. Some themes that may upset, but a great watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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too disjointed. Individual performances are often well done. Baker, as usually, conveys a great deal of emotion during the hard dramatic scenes. But characters behavior is not understandable or clear. It like reading a book that is missing pages. And seriously, at the end, the wife seems crazy. And the husband broken for life. Almost sorry I watched. Do not recommend except for hardcore fans of the actors who just want to see everything they have done.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Some ppl choose to ignore the problems in their marriage, become detached,but just there. By the time you come out of denial you realize the pain and hurt of cracks in the marriage is far less painful and easier dealt with than infidelity in your marriage.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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wonderfully cast but essentially predictable from beginning to end

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Okay film, simon bakers good in it but its kinda depressing

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Elaine (Frances O'Connor) and David (Simon Baker) seem to have the perfect marriage. But everything changes when they meet Chet (Gregory Smith), an innocent 15 year old boy full of youthful wonder. The threesome form an immediate bond, but a momentary lapse in judgment threatens to rupture the core of the trio's seemingly idyllic lives. also stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Joanna Adler, Sabria Grdevich, Ari Graynor, Beth MacDonald and Brett Tabor. directed by Alan Brown.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Alan Brown

Director

Frances O'Connor

Elaine Walker

Simon Baker

David Walker

Gregory Smith

Chet Becker

Bryce Dallas Howard

Heather

Joanna P. Adler

Melissa

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Wait: When you sleep with a teenager that could have an impact on your marriage?

Rated: 3/5

May 15, 2005

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Jon Popick

Planet S Magazine

Upsetting and bleak; a meditative exercise in ice cream, marital infidelity, DisneyWorld, statutory rape, and the Khmer Rouge.

Rated: 5/10

Apr 9, 2004

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Erik Childress

eFilmCritic.com

So thick with a contrived laughability that your only recourse is to start believing that you're watching a comedy.

Rated: 0.5/4

Feb 18, 2004

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Reel.com

Rated: 3.5/4

Feb 18, 2004

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Synopsis

A teenager (Gregory Smith) befriends a happily married couple (Frances O'Connor, Simon Baker), then has an amorous encounter with the man's wife.

Director: Alan Brown
Screenwriter: Alan Brown
Production Co: Banner Entertainment
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 18, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 23, 2017