Longing

Longing

Saw this in a 'surprise' screening of a random new movie. The movie starts by Richard Gere and his ex from 20 years ago reconnecting, finding out that he had a son etc. From the starting scene on I wanted to leave the cinema but I had just bought popcorn so decided to soldier on. That was a mistake. Two hours later movie ended. Not a single laugh / chuckle from audience during the movie. Nobody looked happy while leaving the cinema. People around me were pondering is it ok to just sneak out halfway of the film. The film was a mess, hard to relate to any of the characters and the grand wedding finale feels very flat. In Cinema I felt a wave of relief that it ended. That was also the only time audience seemed to react to the film.

This is a drama not a thriller. And an odd one at that. This movie couldn't figure out what it wanted to be and the trailer was cut as if this was a thriller. Also Richard Geres character does a complete 180 that was unwarranted. The actors did a fantastic job with the unwieldy material they were presented. I have no idea what the point of this movie was or what was supposed to be the takeaway. It was shot well and the music was pretty good. I'm not sure what happened with the script. Apparently it's a remake so I am not going to say anything about the script. The director I think also did what they could with the material.

So much left unanswered and not addressed in the plot. The school never addresses why it left "obscene" graffiti up for over a year. Mom is never confronted on why her son lived somewhere else for 3 years. Teacher's affair with the principal is only mentioned. Was the classmate's request for money legit or a scam? The whole marriage premise of the two kids is totally bizarre. Here we have pregnant 16 year old who tells the dad his son was the love of her life, yet he chooses to "marry" him to someone he never met. Was thebson such a degenerate as described by the girl's father? The whole storyline had introductions to topics that were hust cut off.

I loved this film and can't understand why it has such a low rating. The story develops beautifully from start to finish, with plenty of twists and turns, a lovely sense of humor, and a great cast delivering fantastic performances. What I like most is the balance: neither the actors nor the script become overly dramatic, despite the characters' significant pain. The humor is perfectly balanced as well-any more or less, and it wouldn't work. Well done. It seems like audiences are getting less discerning by the day. If you don't understand what you're watching, please refrain from rating it. I strongly recommend this unconventionally sweet movie.

The plot of this movie had a potential to develop into an exploration of grief, regret, longing, but it did not as there was not enough character insight and development. Sadly, it is so badly written. What was the point of telling someone they had a kid that died? The whole scene was so weird with the mom being passive aggressive towards a man who she hid away a kid from and just dropped by to say he's dead now. Richards character being ever apologetic towards her. Stories revolving the school and the relationships with teachers left undeveloped. The fact Daniel left home 3 years prior unaddressed. The stepdad all of a sudden attacking Richard for not including him in his grief... I gave up half way through in annoyance. This movie sucks so bad, do not watch it.

In uncomfortably odd drama "Longing" Canadian Suzanne Clément suddenly tells ex-bf NY mogul Richard Gere that after they split up 20yrs ago she had his son... who's now just died in a car crash. Cue Gere taking off to Cambridge, Ontario to learn some harsh truths about the lad (from the likes of Diane Kruger) while engaging in some pushy and downright bizarre behaviour (like arranging a wedding between the dead son he never knew and a dead girl that the boy had also never met). What writer / director Savi Gabizon was going for in remaking his own 2007 Israeli original (of the same name) is unclear... but the result's perplexing... and not in a good way. Flush it.

I saw the previous review and thought, well, it can't be that bad. But, it was. It started out pretty good and then before long devolved into bizarre then insanity. Just strange. I kept thinking that there would be some twist that I didn't see coming and that then I would understand all of the bizarre behavior and acting. That never happened. It just got worse and worse. Even at the end I though that something would happen, but it didn't. Overall I think the acting was fine, but the story was just not very good. The movie left me feeling really nothing, except that I wasted a bunch of time. Don't bother with this movie.

Where to start.... Richard....it's none of your gosh darn business what this woman was doing you sperm sac. Trying wearing a condom if you didn't want any kids. Very stupid movie. He never , ever met his son , now he's want to be a father ? Just a very stupid movie. Maybe a Hallmark movie at best. Who comes up with this dam nonsense anyways ? My goodness. What a pitiful display of stupidity. Richard , lived you in Mothman Phoficies...pretty good role there. You should stick to that. This movie was just stupid . Stupid ,, stupid. Oh ...and the poems...the lively poems...omg ...give me a break dude. Just a horrible film.