Fascinating. I remember the trailer playing everywhere when this came out and getting completely sick of the sight of it. I was already sick of Paltrow but in the wake of Walk The Line I no longer cared about a movie starring Phoenix either. The advertising for this film took what was already overexposed and just beat me to death with it. It took five years and watching the rest of James Gray's work to feel like I might actually want to see this afterall.

A coming of age story of sorts, about a depressed guy who suddenly finds himself the subject of desire in one woman whilst obsessing over another. It is how he extracts himself from it that…

I almost turned this off at the very beginning because the opening dialogue was corny and I was worried there would be more of the same. I'm very glad I didn't because I really liked this film.

Jaoquin Phoenix is incredible, playing the role of depressed Leonard who has moved back home with his parents. He was so damn great and now I'm somehow MORE excited for The Master. The movie is about Leonard developing relationships with two women. It's pretty basic so I won't say too much about it.

While watching I would have bet money that the film was based on a play, but apparently not(it's loosely based on a Dostoyevsky short story, White Nights, which also inspired…

Fascinating. I remember the trailer playing everywhere when this came out and getting completely sick of the sight of it. I was already sick of Paltrow but in the wake of Walk The Line I no longer cared about a movie starring Phoenix either. The advertising for this film took what was already overexposed and just beat me to death with it. It took five years and watching the rest of James Gray's work to feel like I might actually want to see this afterall.

A coming of age story of sorts, about a depressed guy who suddenly finds himself the subject of desire in one woman whilst obsessing over another. It is how he extracts himself from it that…

I was really hesitant to give out another 5 stars (the second in a week, after 6 months without any) but this is an absolutely brilliant film, as raw and emotionally devastating as a romance can be, like a better (and more realistic and quirk-free) version of Silver Linings Playbook (which shouldn't be misconstrued for me, I liked that film very much) - what can happen when two damaged people meet, the interplay between relationships and mental illness and the choices we make (or are made for us) in terms of others.

It's not a showy film - it's technically very immaculately made and looks great, but not in a conspicuous or showy way, and despite the killer script (which…

A dispetto di un locandina e di un titolo che sembrerebbero riguardare una classica commedia d’amore americana, Two lovers è invece un film intenso e drammatico.
Dopo essere stato lasciato dalla fidanzata poco prima del matrimonio, Leonard (Joaquin Phoenix) torna a vivere dai suoi genitori; è afflitto dai ricordi e dal dolore, un dolore che lo porta più volte verso il suicidio.
In mezzo a questa difficile situazione, Leonard conosce quasi contemporaneamente due ragazze: una è Sandra (Vinessa Shaw) una bella ragazza, che viene da una famiglia ebrea (come la sua) e che è in affari con suo padre; l’altra è Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow), la nuova vicina di casa.
Le due ragazze, molto diverse tra loro, entrano a far parte…