If you like this kind of film you'll like this, and I'm only being a little facetious.
Personally, I'm not a grand admirer of family dramas but An Impossible Love has a sense of authenticity to it that rings true, thanks in part to the actors (Niels Schneider, the drop dead gorgeous actor from Xavier Dolan's Les Amours Imaginaires / Heartbeats, is as talented as he is beautiful) and in large part to the directing. Catherine Corsini pulls off a period piece where the costumes, decor and scenery make the actual film itself look like it was manufactured in the 1960s.
The cons of An Impossible Life are the female characters, who are far from the strong women we are now used to seeing in cinema. (The female lead basically suffers because every time she runs back to her man he treats her like shit, and there's a point one wonders why she keeps running back to him at all.) Probably the biggest shortcoming, however, is the length, because the movie is a 3-act play with 4 acts.
In the end, though, the film succeeds in becoming what it sets out to be and that's what makes any film a good film, not its ability to match my personal penchants and preferences.
Review by Saint PaulyBlockedParent2018-11-10T02:11:09Z
If you like this kind of film you'll like this, and I'm only being a little facetious.
Personally, I'm not a grand admirer of family dramas but An Impossible Love has a sense of authenticity to it that rings true, thanks in part to the actors (Niels Schneider, the drop dead gorgeous actor from Xavier Dolan's Les Amours Imaginaires / Heartbeats, is as talented as he is beautiful) and in large part to the directing. Catherine Corsini pulls off a period piece where the costumes, decor and scenery make the actual film itself look like it was manufactured in the 1960s.
The cons of An Impossible Life are the female characters, who are far from the strong women we are now used to seeing in cinema. (The female lead basically suffers because every time she runs back to her man he treats her like shit, and there's a point one wonders why she keeps running back to him at all.) Probably the biggest shortcoming, however, is the length, because the movie is a 3-act play with 4 acts.
In the end, though, the film succeeds in becoming what it sets out to be and that's what makes any film a good film, not its ability to match my personal penchants and preferences.