I went to watch the film because it had Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, and Sean Penn in it. Lesson 1: I will never watch a film again just based on who the actors are--it is no guarantee that the film will be good.
Joaquin Phoenix' character is on the way to Canada but stops by New York to sign his divorce papers. First nutty scene: a dead man is being bounced back and forth on the last step of the escalator as Joaquin and entourage go down and Joaquin is told to "walk over the dead man"...just like that with a terse explanation that people fall dead of a broken heart--so that's where the title of the film comes in--it's all about love...i should have left the theater at this point but I thought i'd sit a while more to find out just what is love all about. My mistake...
This was the strangest film I have ever watched in my entire life--Elena clones (Claire Danes is Elena, the ice skating star), snow in New York, in July; snow in Africa; Africans flying literally and having to tie their feet with a piece of rope to keep them aground so to speak; and finally Sean Penn in a plane that can't land because of continuous snowing...
It is neither uplifting nor entertaining. Just painful and boring.
Joaquin Phoenix' character is on the way to Canada but stops by New York to sign his divorce papers. First nutty scene: a dead man is being bounced back and forth on the last step of the escalator as Joaquin and entourage go down and Joaquin is told to "walk over the dead man"...just like that with a terse explanation that people fall dead of a broken heart--so that's where the title of the film comes in--it's all about love...i should have left the theater at this point but I thought i'd sit a while more to find out just what is love all about. My mistake...
This was the strangest film I have ever watched in my entire life--Elena clones (Claire Danes is Elena, the ice skating star), snow in New York, in July; snow in Africa; Africans flying literally and having to tie their feet with a piece of rope to keep them aground so to speak; and finally Sean Penn in a plane that can't land because of continuous snowing...
It is neither uplifting nor entertaining. Just painful and boring.