What a brilliant concept. Two stories told in one. Too bad it was ruined by being in this movie. This was one of the most boring portrayals of forbidden love. Throughout the movie I couldn't understand why these people were with each other. There didn't seem to be any reason for attraction other than it was needed for the movie. I'm not a Streep fan, most times her acting irritates me. Don't her characters seem the same from movie to movie? A confused, deer in the headlights look. Daniel Day Lewis, I mean Jeremy Irons (I keep getting those two confused), wasn't much better. Both leads were overly melodramatic, in both their characters's versions.
As I watched, I became more and more impressed with the concept, but disappointed in the execution. It was the same way I was impressed by Melinda and Melinda (2004), great idea but it wasn't done as well as it could have been.
Oddly they didn't explain why these people were in love, we were just supposed to accept that they were. There's a way to subtly show a story, and then there's not showing anything at all. Perhaps because they want the audience to fill in the details to appear intellectual, or perhaps because they don't know how to express what they want.
The book that this movie was based on sounds good, I'd like to read it.
3 out of 5
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