Rated: PG-13
Run time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Starring: Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell
This movie is NOT a comedy. Will you chuckle at some places?
You bet you will, but again this movie is NOT a comedy. I’m not sure if anyone other
than me thought it was going to be one based on the initial previews, but I
have to throw it out there, just in case.
This is the second movie in a row now that I have seen with
Steve Carell showing his dramatic chops, and you know what he’s pretty dang
good. He plays the quiet speaking marriage counselor, Dr. Feld in a very, laid
back way. You just get the picture that nothing would ever get a rise out of
this guy. But this movie really isn’t about the good doctor, it’s about a very
real seeming couple that has been married for 31 years and is experiencing some
problems. At least, Kay (Streep) feels there are problems, but if you ask
Arnold (Jones), he will disagree. And he does disagree, very vociferously. But
Kay convinces him to go to a week long intensive marriage counseling session,
with Feld. More shouting follows, there are uncomfortable moments and there are
touching moments. Meryl Streep plays her part as well as she always does. For
me though, Tommy Lee Jones makes this movie, with his wrinkled up face (that
reminds me of a Shar-Pei) and his grumpy old man character pulls the whole
thing together. Overall, I think all the actors play their parts well, even
Elizabeth Shue who plays Karen the bartender, and is only in the movie for
maybe 5 minutes
This movie probably won’t hold much interest for those
audiences under the age of thirty. However, for everyone else, especially
couples that have been married for any length of time, I think there will be
some part of the film that will strike a nerve somewhere (even if it’s only a
little one).
Bottom line is go see this movie, I think you’ll like it.
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