Hope Gap

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Lori S Very good story about love and loss and moving on with life. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/20/20 Full Review patricia e Well acted by all. Story is sad, but redemptive in the end which demonstrates the resilience we all possess. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/21/20 Full Review Claire S Annette Benning's performance was total over acting and her faux accent was terrible. This story was clearly a stage play, which did not translate to a movie. Seemed to be a vanity project for Annette Benning, whom I usually like, but she was completely unlikeable in this movie. No point to this movie! Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/24 Full Review Jeff M This is a deadly dull family drama in which unlikeable characters spout dialogue that sounds more like excerpts from self-help books than actual conversation. Not a lot happens here, which is fine, but being trapped with these people for 101 minutes soon becomes irritating and rather monotonous. Performances are all over the map. Bening's accent reminds me of those Carol Burnett sketches featuring the overacting stage thespians. I understand that Nighy's character is supposed to be repressed but it's a horribly one-note role and performance - call it cinematic sleepwalking. It's impossible to believe that these two characters lasted together 29 minutes let alone 29 years. O'Connor has a couple nice scenes as their son but it is an underwritten role and he doesn't feel overly connected to either parent. I am shocked that this wasn't adapted from a play as it feels extremely stagy and stilted. For a good movie about a crumbling long term marriage, check out 45 YEARS featuring Tom Courtenay and an extraordinary Charlotte Rampling. The differences in quality between these two films is night and day. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/11/24 Full Review JANINA V This movie is what I call a "talky" where the acting is in the dialogue. The three main characters were outstanding. This was Annette's movie. She was phenomenal. The emotion she conveyed was spot on. Emotions like these (hurt manifesting as anger) are difficult to convey but she really nailed it so well. Younger people may not be able to relate as well as older people but that doesn't mean it isn't worth watching. Riveting!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/26/23 Full Review Ikiru Y It's an "adult" relationship story about long marriage that failed. I wish I liked it more than I did, because I want more adult stories in film. But, it seems better suited to the theater than film. Adding the various poems with grand visuals and maudlin music actually comes across as rather cheap storytelling. It is an interesting premise, but I think I may prefer to just read the poems. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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