kz917-1 Wow. Good actors, Michelle Williams, Seth Rogan, Luke Kirby, and Sarah Silverman. Interesting subject matter, falling in love outside your marriage with your neighbor across the street. Totally bad movie. Sarah Polley, an actor in her previous life (Avonlea on the Disney Channel) wrote and directed the film. The trailer made it look interesting, the film goes to outer space and beyond. Weird.

Vonia This is a great example of a director's prowess shining through. I have always respected director and writer Sarah Polley for her subtly and adherence to reality. I am sure most viewers found this slow and boring, but sometimes that is real life. Unlike most "infidelity"" films, there is no intense in-your-face passion and sudden life-altering decisions. The passion is intense, yes, but shown in a non-traditional, subtle manner that takes its time. The film's recurring theme is the "gap"; the "in-between" period, such as when she first meets her new lover, as she is taking a connecting flight. She admits to being "afraid of being afraid"; the frightening space of the unknown, like in her two romantic relationships. A phenomenal performance from Michelle Williams; this is a true character study that illustrates the internal struggle of a happily married woman that somehow find herself falling in love with another man. Is this possible? Can you love more than one person at once? Or is she really not in love with her husband? Is the novelty of this new man, the possibility of him being everything she is missing, worth risking her marriage? Seth Rogan plays an atypical role, and does it well. Sarah Silverman plays an alcoholic who has wisdom to share (You think everything can be worked out if you just make the right move? That must be thrilling... Life has a gap in it. It just does. You don't go crazy trying to fill it like some lunatic."). Little known actor Luke Kirby plays a respectable other man, letting the married woman make the decision, rather than seducing her. The saturated colors and cinematography make me want to visit Canada. Well done, Sarah Polley.

adi_2002 As you can see the synopsis here is written in only one phrase. The movie lasts for almost two hours. For such a small subject the entire flick is too slow and boring. Yes the action is nice but why show the same scenes again and again? In lack of something else you deliver the same repeated action. Seth Rogen is inappropriate for his role, he looks like a geek who doesn't belong there. The role of the spouse was better acted. Also the part of the lover was again weird, because the guy looks like he is gay. Of course there is some nudity in it but not in a vulgar way so that's good, you don't see this in other movies.I remain to my point that is too long, it could be made easily in 70 or 80 minutes not 120. Give it a chance and I wish you good luck not too fall asleep.

lorne_a_20014 After watching this film, I felt physically sick. It's the kind of film where the only satisfying ending would be the main character being hit by a bus.The film resolves around Margot, an impossible to please head-case who seems the result of watching too much daytime female-oriented TV (except in the film, she's not doing this). In a nut shell, one day, seemingly out of nowhere, a greasy stranger flashes her with his smile and she decides to leave her 5 year marriage and run off with him instead. This is why a lot of men are turning off marriage. You can be 5, 10 years in and one day, your wife just takes up and can't stand to look at you anymore. You don't have to do anything wrong, but the courts will help her crush you anyway.You cannot just "be" seduced. You have to be open to it. You usually have a million chances to stop it. And it's clear Margot understands wrong, and feels bad about doing wrong - but like so many women, she does them anyway. There's a selfish compulsion there.All the men in this film are losers, cucked by women to the extreme. Lou, obviously - a perfectly good husband who looks after his wife, does most of the cooking, plays a typical Rogen "good natured douchebag" but she seems to enjoy it most of the time. The alcoholic Geraldine's husband who is way too good for her but nevertheless tolerates her ugly personality and drinking. And yes, this even goes for the greasy hipster who sweeps the main character off her feet. Think about it for a moment. There are plenty of other women he can get, with his brooding, aloof fake artist act - but instead we're to believe he pines and waits around for someone who should already be off the market. In reality, he'd only do this to convince himself he was an alpha - then leave the after about a week to chase the next tail. He "loves" her? After talking to her for what, an hour total? Cucked loser.Yes, in reality more and more seemingly sensible women are throwing away good relationships for some flashy layabout who captures their attention for 10 minutes with their smarmy good looks. That part at least is realistic. What is not realistic is these guys sticking around for longer than 5 minutes. Sure, it's hinted at that he loses interest in her after more and more depraved and risky sex acts, but ultimately the film still ends with her with him - albeit in the same "rut" she began in.I've read some saying that the film is about Margot learning to be happy alone. If that were true, she wouldn't be so clingy and needy and then go leave her husband because some guy with blue eyes showed her a little attention. And she wouldn't be about to burst into tears at the end after laughing. She also doesn't have any "mental disorder" that I can see - she's just a selfish loser who has been over-programmed with expectations and thus can't be happy for more than 10 minutes without a mood swing.If they wanted to make a film to assuage your average woman's guilt about cheating or wanting to cheat, they should have just done that. The fact she's conflicted, but does it anyway, doesn't redeem the film in any way. It just makes you feel violated.