I am Love looks great, the performances are fantastic (especially Tilda Swinton) and it is a tad melancholic, being about a mother's regrets that lead her to live through and for her adult children. When the mother meets a chef, she must decide to continue living her life in comfort or choose the path not taken years ago to live a life full of passion. In Tilda Swinton's hands, the mother is a complex character, always subtly struggling with the life she has while missing the life she thought she would have. But even the mighty Tilda can't save this film from being a feature length Italian version of Dallas. For the first 30-60 minutes you aren't sure if the…

I Am Love has been on my film watch-list since it was released in early 2010 and is directed by by Luca Guadagnino(Melissa P). The reason I hadn’t rushed to see it until now, was the fact that I assumed that it would be a bit pretentious for my tastes. I will openly admit now that I was very wrong! I haven’t really seen many Italian films, other than Pier Paolo Pasolini’s ‘Salo’(a film I fucking despise) I can’t really remember ever seeing any other Italian films.

‘I Am Love’ is set in Milan in the late 90′s/early 00′s and focuses on the minor breakdown of a haute bourgeoisie family the Recchi’s during a shift of power in the family…

I Am Love has all the makings of a soap opera, a wealthy family, happy on the surface but teeming with unfulfilled desires beneath. An industrial complex that creates a rift in the family. A lesbian daughter who comes out to her mother. And, a lonely wife who has a steamy affair with her son's friend and business partner that leads to tragic consequences. Everything that I find trite and boring. But somehow it all works. The film is beautifully shot and directed and has an interesting pace, slow at the beginning and then speeding up as it moves along. All the acting is good especially Tilda Swinton whose facial expression and body language say more than pages of dialog.…

lo sono l'amore (I am Love) is Luco Guadagnino's (bearable) feature film. With the help of Oscar winner Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton, Adaptation) and screenwriter Barbara Alberti (who claimed her prestige by creating the story for Lilana Cavani's masterpiece 'The Night Porter') 'I Am Love' is a minor improvement compared to Guadagnino's previous films 'Melissa P.' and 'Mundo Civilizado.'

Swinton leads this film as an upper class wife who is need of breaking free from her family and repression towards them. Set in Milan, Italy, Emma Recchi (Swinton), a Russian emigrant becomes infatuated by a Chef (Edoardo Gabbirellini) who is conveniently a friend of her son, Edoardo (Flavio Parenti). Passions rise and one thing leads to another soon to change…