The Lovers

| Release Date: May 5, 2017

6.2	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Ratings

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TVJerryMay 28, 2017

This film should be considered a melodrama, not because of the traditional definition, but because of the wretched orchestral accompaniment that pervades this film like a soap opera. Debra Winger and Tracy Letts play a long-time couple in aThis film should be considered a melodrama, not because of the traditional definition, but because of the wretched orchestral accompaniment that pervades this film like a soap opera. Debra Winger and Tracy Letts play a long-time couple in a stale marriage. Both of them are having an affair and headed for divorce when they re-discover their love for each other. Since the plot is relatively simple, it's up to the performances and direction to make it work. Luckily, Winger and Letts are both wonderfully nuanced as the couple in a complex situation. The filmmaking is less successful. In addition to the music that's distracting as hell, the plot meanders thru the interactions with an "adult" pace (meaning slow). Still, this film tells a mature and appealing story.… Expand

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JLuis_001Aug 3, 2018

At first sight it might seem like a story already seen - A middle-aged couple in crisis - but this is A24 and conventional stories are not their demographic. It is true that sometimes they fail but to my see they didn't do it with this one.At first sight it might seem like a story already seen - A middle-aged couple in crisis - but this is A24 and conventional stories are not their demographic. It is true that sometimes they fail but to my see they didn't do it with this one.

I compare it with Enough Said, which I recently saw because like that film, it tells a mature story about adults and those kind of dramas and comedies are needed and The Lovers is precisely that, a fresh look at an old argument.

It's not really renovating but it's definitely worth it.… Expand

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