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An unhappily married scientist (Joan Allen) has an affair with a Lebanese cook (Simon Abkarian) after meeting him at a dinner party.
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Emotional performances/ Can't stop the curse/ Of ever-present pretensions/ Writ in heavy-handed verse.

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Caryn James Newsday The use of poetry suggests depth and history beyond the immediate moment, even when the characters, called only He and She, trade epithets as lovers in the midst of horrifying anger can. Feb 7, 2018 Full Review Andrew Sun The Hollywood Reporter Despite many interesting mise-en-scene moments, the film disappointingly feels as sterile as the family's immaculately clean house. Nov 1, 2005 Full Review Steve Murray Atlanta Journal-Constitution The actors are so committed to Potter's vision, they persuade you to go along with them. Rated: B Sep 8, 2005 Full Review Paul Dale The List A dizzying, stunning achievement, an unforgettable dance of demonization and regret. A rare privilege of a film. Rated: 5/5 Apr 26, 2019 Full Review Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) The pair take up with each other, and during the course of their affair, wrestle with problems that separate all humans: race, class, sex, whatever. Aug 24, 2017 Full Review Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed A pretentious and utterly grueling practice in artsy fartsy... Apr 29, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Such a pretentious attempt at poetic cinema. For some reason the dialogues come in pathetic, childish rhymes. The script is a feeble collection of generic characters and themes and doesn't really focus on anything worthy. The cinematography leaves a lot to be desired, the dialogues are stilted and the love story has zero impact. Despite that, Sam Neill is pretty good and the few scenes he has are the only fine moments of the film, especially his monologue and impromptu dancing to the blues. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member i cannot believe few have seen the doect inluence of shakespear, had it been acceptable she would have had a wet nurse to talk with. fant bloody tastic, had to stop 20 mins in to share my joy at finding another modernisation of his plays' usually when people know they critikebthe fuck out of them and destroy people having a go. i just have not listened well enough, or read too few of shakespears to know...or perhaps i insult and the style has been too long lost. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Potter shows herself to be a very limited visual stylist. She pulls out every trick from the hack director handbook, from canted angles to Peter Jackson-esque motion blur to overly intrusive foreground texture (get that fucking glass out of the way!) and it is endlessly irritating. I could probably forgive all this (and I do to an extent) if the writing was amazing, but the gender dynamic of the central love triangle is pretty clichéd, and some of the rhymes clang horribly. It does work at times in spite of itself, but not brilliantly. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I wasn't enjoying this from the start. I didn't enjoy the cleaner doing spats of narration, and the ease in which the main character gave herself to the Lebanese chef. But it was only 30 minutes into the movie when i realized that much of the script was poetry, and the characters were ryming. I then felt i might as well be watching a musical, which i don't like to do, so i switched it off. I don't think it would have got any better Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member I love the idea but can't really dig the execution: way too stagey (even the camera tricks feel like an attempt to hide the staginess) and the veer into politics doesn't fit with the whole thing. Still, rather watch something interesting but flawed than a lot of other things. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member with a few of my fav actors, questioning death love and life. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An unhappily married scientist (Joan Allen) has an affair with a Lebanese cook (Simon Abkarian) after meeting him at a dinner party.
Director
Sally Potter
Producer
Andrew Fierberg, Christopher Sheppard
Screenwriter
Sally Potter
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Adventure Pictures, The Film Council, GreeneStreet/SKE Films
Rating
R (Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 24, 2005, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Nov 8, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA)
$396.0K
Runtime
1h 39m