A young woman (Jones) takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way. Read more
| Starring | Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Tim Roth |
|---|---|
| Director | Wong Kar-Wai |
| Genres | Romance |
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A young woman (Jones) takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way.
| Starring | Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Tim Roth, Natalie Portman, Rachel Weisz |
|---|---|
| Director | Wong Kar-Wai |
| Studio | OPTIMUM |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 51 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 51 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Romance |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 23 Jun 2008 Blu-ray: 23 Jun 2008 Production year: 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
The film is all about mood. If you are not in it, you will not like the movie. My recommendation is to watch it at night, in bed, with no worries on your mind or things to do. It is not something really great, but it soothes the soul like one of those old road books.
The story itself is more of a three parter, each section detailing a mindset and the situations that define it. You see the hopeless romantic, the one person who let the other inside instead of just sticking to the outside, and for whom losing the other is worst than death; then there is the rebellious daughter that loves and hates her father until it's to late to do anything either way; and of course, the story of Nora Joneses and Jude Law's characters.
Bottom line: lay comfy in your bed and listen to the slow rhythms of the music while digesting the human nature presented in the film. In the end it is worth watching.
Not a lot I can say about this film except it ambles along. It doesn't really have any high or low moments as nothing much happens. When I'd watched it, I couldn't say it was bad but I thought, what was the point of that then? Maybe it's just too deep for me!
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