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Love Is Strange

2014

Ira Sachs

John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Charlie Tahan ...

6.3

2,950

Drama. Romance After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot in an idyllic wedding ceremony in lower Manhattan. But when news of their marriage reaches the Catholic school where George works, he is fired from his longtime job, and the couple can no longer afford their New York City apartment. As a temporary solution, George moves in with the two gay cops next door, while Ben moves to Brooklyn to live with his nephew, Eliot; Eliot’s ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Boyd van Hoeij Variety	"A sprawling yet intimate narrative, constructed almost entirely of in-between moments rather than the big turning points and tragedies"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Acting doesn't get better than this. Want to know what love is? Watch Lithgow and Molina and learn. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"After a summer of robots, mutants and explosions, the beautifully honest, grownup 'Love is Strange' is a treat (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Mark Kermode The Guardian	"Wherever you look in 'Love Is Strange', there are thumbnail sketches of affection as acutely observed as the skyline painting upon which Ben works on the roof of Kate and Elliot’s apartment (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"It's a courageous film (...) a patient film. The emotions it unleashes are enormous (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Many, I suspect, will be moved to tears (...) not by amping up the dramatic situations, but by grace notes and quiet spells cast by all the right actors. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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