The Face of Love
It is the story of a widow named Nikki who, several years after the loss of her husband Garrett, meets a man named Tom who looks exactly like her deceased spouse. Suddenly, a flood of old feelings rush back to her and she realizes she's met the love of her life....again.
Director:
Arie Posin
Cast:
Robin Williams, Ed Harris, Annette Bening
Screenplay:
Matthew McDuffle, Arie Posin
Screening Date:
Mar 01, 2014
Running Time:
92 minutes
| Excellent | Very Good | Good | Fair | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.4% | 29.5% | 36.4% | 13.6% | 9.1% |
“Brilliant.”
“A good movie about grief, but not really a good movie about love.”
“Contrived and creepy.”
“The faces of Annette and Ed! The movie worked well despite being somewhat predictable.”
“Sweep this movie back into the sea. Dialogue was laughable.”
“I absolutely loved this movie. Huge emotional losses portrayed without Hallmark movie sentimentality. Tragic tales – the loss of a great soul-mate - lead to post-traumatic stress syndrome and her obsession with the second Ed Harris.”
“Curious that Bening plays a character who ‘dresses’ houses – makes everything seem lived-in and homey even though the owners have gone – which is what she was trying to do with her own grief. She tried to make matters seem like they were OK, triggered by Harris’s doppleganger.”
“Beautiful home.”
“Excellent acting. I was drawn into the film as I can relate to the situation.”
“Interesting to a degree, but far-fetched. Annette and Ed were great.”
“Interesting premise, but the mom and daughter were so flaky. Seemed like a man’s concept of women, not real.”
“Shades of Hitchcock, VIRTGO. How amazing a woman’s face with wrinkles so beautiful! But Robin Williams, what odd casting.”
“I am not sure I liked this film. I loved the acting. Annette Bening is so beautiful and real. She doesn’t need the plasticized face lifts that is so ‘phony’ beautiful.”
“A chick flick, but some insights into the grieving process. Somewhat over the top, and could have been shorter. Music was so annoying!”
“Close-up, close-up, close-up. But then again those are remarkable landscape faces that convey the struggles of life, and Bening’s smile the joys of life. Her performance will haunt me.”
“I’m not going to feel guilty about enjoying this film. It was a pleaseure in and of itself. Great story, great acting, it kept me wondering throughtout the whole film where would they go with this. Compared to what’s out there this is great adult theater.”
“Unnerving film, provocative story. Good casting. Nice to see Ed Harris painting again, not as Pollack, now a California artist. The sets were luscious!”
“Water as death with Harris’ drowning in the ocean. (Don’t drink and swim!) Water as life – Bening’s rebirth in the pool at the end.”
“Water as death with Harris’ drowning in the ocean. (Don’t drink and swim!) Water as life – Bening’s rebirth in the pool at the end.”
“Great acting. Great close-ups. No one afraid to show their ages. Almost predictable, but still well acted.”
“Good acting saved this movie.”
“Heck, I’d dump my husband now if I could meet the artist Ed Harris.”
“An interesting psychological exploration of how the character couldn’t deal with grief and repressed anger. It was a fantasy film that somehow lost me when the daughter shows up. You’d thing that Nikki would have snapped out of it. She’s so invested in defending her position. At first I thought it was going to be homage to VERIGO. Harris and Bening were fantastic - looks, dialogue, etc. They are consummate professionals, and understated performances. Addresses the issue of anger about loss. Shows the power of desire to recapture what was lost. I thought the film was more melancholy and sad rather than creepy. Some parts interesting, some trite.
“Should have been called THE LOSS OF LOVE.”
“Preposterously self-conscious and boring. The only thing missing were Bette Davis and Joseph Cotton.”
“Strange film about a strange obsession, but from moment to moment I found it a compelling story, made visually absorbing by two of the best actors who ever worked in film.”
(Spoiler alert!) “I was on the fence about the creepy factor in this film until the closing scene: Garett’s dead, Tom’s dead, and Nikki couldn’t be happier…free at last! And with Tom out of the way, Nikki doesn’t have to remember her stalking and using him for her own emotional purposes. Plus over-signaling in the soundtrack, much too heavy handed for me.”
If you'd like to know more about the film...
Where did the director get his inspiration from? Directly from real life! Click on attached link to read how. http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-news/touching-real-life-encounter-in...
After being inspired by his mother's story, the image she painted for him could not get out of his head. He was haunted by it and that motivated him to sketch out the story. Attached is a link which includes the difficulties behind writing the scrpit, funding that one authentic character to play Nikki and where Arie and his team would get the fundings. . http://arieposin.com/thefaceoflove/
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