Two for the Road

M: You would think that a movie with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney would be really great. Well we thought that, and were sorely mistaken. This movie, about a couple that falls out of love (I think that is what it was about, "learning when things are over"), was truly painful, and depressing to boot. It is not fun to watch people be mean, cruel, and spiteful to one another. The movie was annoying and lame. I hated this movie, as much as the characters seemed to hate each other. But, like them, I stuck it out because, hey, why not, and we already popped the popcorn. Blah. 1 star

V: M's last couple of lines are spot on. It was pretty bad. The funniest parts - funny because they were painfully true - were the antics of a young child and her frustrated parents. I re-emphasize the "painful" part. I think they were going for deep and valid because it's edgy and true, but they were just a married couple who treated each other badly. That's no more true to life (but probably easier) than a couple treating each other well. But I suppose that wouldn't make "great cinema." And they did this supposedly clever thing where the movie jumped back and forth (and back) (and forth) in the past and present, which turned out not to have a point, but was just bothersome. The script was clever at times. At 111 minutes, this movie dragged on for four hours. Don't bother with this "classic." 1 1/2 stars