Love is Strange

Parental Rating: R

Contains: Language    Adult Content    

Jill's Review

Opens September 5, 2014

Runs 94 minutes

Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) have been together 39 years in New York City. When they officially marry, George is fired from his teaching job at a Catholic school and he and Ben can no longer afford their apartment. They call a family meeting and each goes to live with a different family member while they sell their apartment and try to find a new place to live together. One is in Manhattan, living with a young, gay couple of cops and one is in Brooklyn living in a cramped apartment and sharing a bunk bed. Not only are they faced with their separation, but they are both challenegd by the tensions of living in close quarters with people who have issues of their own. They feel out of sorts and like burdens and can't wait to be reunited.

This is an intimate movie. You know all George and Ben want is to be back together and moving on with their lives as a married couple. You can feel how sad and out of place they feel living where they know they don't belong. The movie is sweet and touching, but also gives you a close look at some of the mundane things that most people take for granted every day. It is very well-acted, heart-warming and sad. Worth a look.

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