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Let me start off by saying this is my kind of movie--an old
fashioned movie romance with love, tears and warm emotions. It doesn't have the
standard 'happy ever after' but you do leave the theatre feeling good. It is not
nor will it be a 'classic' but it takes you back to the film romances of the 40.
Yes, all the cliches are there and logic (just ask Allen!!) goes out the window
but no shootings, killings, cursing but with a little implied
sex.
I've been 'in lust' with Richard Gere ever since American
Gigolo, Looking for Mr. Goodbar and then An Officer and a Gentleman and I don't
say that about many actors.
His chemistry with his female costars is always noteworthy
especially when he is starring opposite Julia Roberts and/or Diane Lane and here
he is sharing the screen with Diane Lane and their respect and 'like' for each
other comes shining through. They make a very believable couple and their
characters are real.
Though they may be real the North Carolina costal Inn doesn't
seem real as even to exist after the hurricanes that have hit the NC coast but
then it may have been rebuilt!
There is nothing outstanding in the directing though George C.
Wolf certainly is an outstanding director but like the screenplay it has all
been done before. The supporting actors do a good job with Scott Glenn doing a
standout job while Viola Davis seems to be a little too 'hip' and isn't it time
that Christopher Meloni took leading man roles instead of ex-husband
roles?
It is strictly the naturalness, the ability of Lane and Gere to
show/express the newness of love, and the pain it can bring, with sweeping ocean
scenes as their background that makes this film and it's thin, petty material
much better than it is or could/should be.
This is a film for 1) romantics like me 2) people who
love/admire Richard Gere and/or Diane Lane and 3) those who are tired of gory,
bloody, curse filled, mindless movies!!!
They have such chemistry there.