I can't understand all of the bad reviews about it. I guess most of the people didn't understand the true essence of this film. I loved it!
Michelle Williams nailed it again! She is absolutely amazing in this! She plays Margot a women super insecure woman who is always looking for something not to feel a certain emptiness in her life. She is happily married with Lou played by Seth Rogen who is writting a cooking book just about chicken recipes. Meanwhile she met Daniel played by Luke Kirby and the chemistry between them was instantaneous. But when Margot finds out that Daniel lived right across the street she starts to panic.
Sarah Polley wrote and directed this film so beautifully. She perfectly showed how relationships and love can be complicated without the usual clichès. I think she also wanted to show how a human being can be so dissatisfied with everything literally. What is a happy life? What makes us really feel complete and realized in life? It will make you discuss about all of those things afterwards.
The colours used and the set design were also great.
Take This Waltz is the perfect title for this film, it's a perfect metaphor and almost at the end of the film that is portrayed by a montage so beautifully done! That montage represents everything that Margot needed to be happy all of the things she wanted to feel loved and live again. But "new things get old" you'll understand when you see the film I don't wanna spoil anything. It's very hard to talk about it without spoiling so I'm not going to write anything more about it. Just watch it!
Funny fact about this is, almost that the end of the film I noticed a flag from my country on the porch of the house next to Margot's and Lou's house. It's because this was shooted in Toronto's Portuguese neighbourhood called Little Portugal and I didn't knew that!
Love this movie so much :heart:
Premise - 12/20 - The "grass is always greener" trope has been done numerous times. I like it, but it's not special.
Cast/characters - 17/20 - I watched it for the actors, not the premise. I love Michelle Williams, and I loved her in this. Equal parts insecure and adolescent, she was hard to love. The character was just very well done. Seth Rogen was more serious than I'm used to seeing, and Luke Kirby was great in his role.
Story - 16/20 - I was never sure how the story was going to go. Will she? Won't she? Then what? All answered, and answered effectively. The ending was not necessarily pleasant, and it shouldn't have been.
Dialogue - 16/20 - The conversations between Williams and Kirby were wonderful. The ones between Williams and Rogen were cringey. They all helped develop the characters.
World-building - 12/20 - I got sucked into their world fairly quickly, and I didn't want to turn it off.
73/100 - 3.5/5 stars. I'd watch it again, but I'm not going to recommend it. I'll watch it for Michelle Williams, but I'd rather just tell the story to others than beg them to watch it.
One of the best movies I've ever watched. I can unfortunately relate to what happened to Lou.
Here is a great article about the movie, read it after you've watched the movie of course https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/take-this-waltz-then-move-on-breakups-in-the-age-of-selfish#comment-171450
Another fantastic effort from Sarah Polley. I don't know how she managed to take a tired genre (I was on guard at the beginning) and make it feel knew and fresh but she did it.
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I enjoyed it. unique, beautiful, and discouraging. Well made film.
i got bored. Too slow
Giving it a first time look off the TiVo - not sure what to expect.
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Love this movie so much :heart: