An interesting and admirable, if not completely successful, mediation of relationships, romantic and otherwise. Lisa Cholodenko is wonderful director and I think that the film works is almost entirely to her skills as a director. I loved the style of the film. It seems like the mindset behind the film and shared by several of the characters matches the kind of easy, sunny, hazy visual style. I really like it. I thought it worked. The script, written by Cholodenko as…

This is one of those rare cases where despite some obvious drawbacks, my overall impression of the film is resoundingly positive. I think it's the film that, for me, most captures the struggle of being gay in a society or group that sees such a thing as abominable. It seems so complicated to explain it and I suspect it would sound fooling written out, but I think this film just gets it. But at the same time it's not a…

I wouldn't say that I liked this movie very much, but I was certianly impressed with many aspects of the film. The screenplay is so ingenious, really. Just the way it's crafted is so imaginative. Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper give excellent performances and Cage, for the most part, matches them, though there were moments when he faltered. Tilda Swinton is pretty wonderful in her tiny part, as she always is. I love the cameos. Lance Accord is a genius.…

This has everything I want in a film. It's extremely sensual... a celebration of art and beauty. Characters in this movie have sex on the countryside with interwoven shots of nature in all it's glory. A character sits in a restaurant eating prawns and ratatouille. All the lights dim around her and she, bathed in light, slowly begins eating her food, wallowing in the experience. It's that kind of a film, so extremely, unabashedly romantic and visual. However, it's also…