The film follows Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) who must experience difficulties when George loses his job and they have to look for a cheap house. What challenges must they face to maintain their love after four decades together.
Pitch-perfect acting and a fine control of high emotion that never slips into treacly sentiment distinguish this small and lovely ensemble piece by writer-director Ira Sachs.
Yes, love is strange, but thank the heavens for that. In a world where lives are increasingly swayed by mortgages and job security, the nonsensical weirdness of love may be our only salvation.
John Lithgow and Alfred Molina... deliver wonderful performances as long-in-love older gents kept apart by the real estate market (a familiar story, and not just in New York, it seems).
Grantland
September 24, 2014
I can't say enough about how smart and clear-eyed it is. And moving: I'm wiping tears off my keyboard as I type this.
