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Two Lovers Details

2009 Certificate 15
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A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor. Read more

Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rossellini
Director James Gray
Genres Drama, Romance

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Two Lovers

A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor.

Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rossellini, Elias Koteas, Moni Moshonov, Julie Budd, Nick Gillie, Carmen M. Herlihy, Samantha Ivers
Director James Gray
Studio LIONSGATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 50 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama, Romance
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 10 Aug 2009
Blu-ray: 10 Aug 2009
Production year: 2009
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  • Joaquin Phoenix finds himself stuck in a love triangle with Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw in this romantic drama set in New York. We give it a 5 star stamp of approval... read more »

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  • 47 out of 50 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1.0 star

    Sombre and boring.....

    Goodness! This is possibly the most depressing film I have ever seen and it's supposed to be a story about a man torn between two lovers! Sombre and ... more

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  • 4 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0.0 stars

    TWO lOVERS

    absolutely borintg lasted ten minutes before I put it back in the post

      • A customer from Barking
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    Two Lovers

    • 26 Mar 2009

    This is a masterly film. Very simple, very direct and sincere, a movie that is simply about love, perhaps the most difficult subject any filmmaker can address. Joaquin Phoenix plays Leonard Kraditor. In the movie’s first images, we see him trudging home over a foot-bridge across the bay. He has dry cleaning in his hands. The bag carries the motto, "We Heart Our Customers". Leonard drops the dry cleaning, climbs up on the rail, and lets go, falling deep down into the water. But the... Read more

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