Wide release 8-8-12
Thursday 9-13-12 at El Con with Sheila
RT Critics 74 Audience 67
I liked it a lot. I laughed a lot. Much needed.
Director: David Frandel
Sony Pictures
Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carrell
This movie was a riot...also sweet and poignant and fun. How Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep could do some of those scenes without guffawing out loud is totally beyond me.
They play a married couple who have slept in separate bedrooms for a number of years. There relationship is caring but anonymous. They are devoted to each other, but there's no "relations" in relationship. Kay coerces a very negative Arnold into accompanying her to Maine to a psychologist who specializes in helping put "oomph" back into marriages. And what follows is just wonderful.
Most/much of the film was set in Hope Springs, Maine (which, I think, was actually Connecticut). When they were out and about on the streets of this quaint little town, I wanted to be there, too.
I've always known that Meryl Streep is an awesome actress, and I've always enjoyed Tommy Lee Jones. I MORE than enjoyed him in this film. A Steve Carrell played the straight-man-psychiatrist really well. Very cute and sweet movie.
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