The Face of Love

Name: The Face of Love
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: March 7, 2014
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 51

2014

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IFC Films | Release Date: March 7, 2014 | PG-13

Summary: Five years after the death of her beloved husband Garrett (Ed Harris), Nikki (Annette Bening) meets a man who seems his exact duplicate. Not only does this stranger possess the same deeply lined face and startling blue eyes, he also shares Garrett's kindness, humor, and passion for art. And yet he is a stranger. Romance blossoms betweenFive years after the death of her beloved husband Garrett (Ed Harris), Nikki (Annette Bening) meets a man who seems his exact duplicate. Not only does this stranger possess the same deeply lined face and startling blue eyes, he also shares Garrett's kindness, humor, and passion for art. And yet he is a stranger. Romance blossoms between Nikki and this alluring doppelgänger, but she can't bring herself to tell him the truth about what drew her to him. So she hides her photos and prevents him from meeting friends and family, but it isn't a question of if the truth will come out, but when. [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: Arie Posin

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 92 min

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Jamie S. Rich

Apr 3, 2014

It’s still worthwhile to see such seasoned screen professionals working to create something meaningful. Read full review

Justin Chang

Mar 4, 2014

This tale of a still-grieving widow (Bening) hypnotized by a dead ringer for her late husband verges on ludicrous, but ultimately succeeds at conveying one person’s complicated yet emotionally rational response to a highly irrational situation. Read full review

Connie Ogle

Mar 13, 2014

Thoughtfully directed and co-written by Arie Posin, the film is not a ghost story, nor is it played for campy laughs, but its melodramatic subject matter flirts with Douglas Sirk territory — and sometimes just dives right into it. Read full review

Robert Abele

Mar 6, 2014

Arie Posin regrettably sticks to the tastefully designed, artless tear-jerker. The lost opportunity is that he's got the masterful Bening and Harris to play with, great enough actors to turn any interaction — however tritely written — into an intimate, emotionally honest dance of the scarred and delicate. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Mar 13, 2014

John Lennon once said that because he was an artist, if you gave him a tuba, he could get something out of it. The Face of Love presents us with Annette Bening and Ed Harris playing the tuba. They get something out of it - they get everything there is to get and more - but it's not enough. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Susan Wloszczyna

Mar 7, 2014

If Nancy Meyers ever decided to dabble in gothic romance, it probably would turn out to be something like The Face of Love. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Mar 27, 2014

Bening and Harris are great actors, and they fill their roles as completely as they can, given the limitations of the soggy and implausible script by Matthew McDuffie and director Arie Posin. Read full review

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lukechristiansc

Nov 29, 2014

wow this movie was creepy and a strange its a new kind of love but it was psychological love but i find this movie also Ed Harris performance and Bening's performance as this sad lonely desperate women. co-writer , director Arie Posin creates characters that are defining a dramatic love able cast.