Review
Engaging welldirected beautifully photographed 𢮬kwards" romantic comedy very quirky very indie and probably destined to be very unappreciated. Some notes 1. Jeanne Tripplehorn is one of the most underutilized actresses in the game and this film makes that fact very clear. Although Liev Schreiber is good she is never less than great. To retrieve an old cliché she ⋞livers entire lines of dialogue using only her eyes." Nice eyes too. It has been almost 20 years for example since thensuperstar Kevin Costner selected Tripplehorn to provide all the oestrogen (ie female energy) for an entire epic Waterworld (also a somewhat misunderstood film) and frankly she still looks great. 2. This is indie and it shows. Not a bad thing. Sometimes avoiding the Hollywood formula subliminally frees the viewers from having to respond to certain scenes in a predictable way (Pavlovian) and gives both the filmmaker and the audience more room to experiment. If this film had been made in the mainstream for example it would star Michelle Monaghan. It's "that" kind of film. 3. The story Instead of guy finds girl guy gets girl (the standard) here we have guy already has girl guy loses girl guy (may) get a shot at retrieving girl. Again this is a 𢮬kwards" story but given a chance it works just fine. 4. The IMDb synopsis explains it is all about a guy who falls in love with his wife Ȫll over again" over the phone while believing she is someone else. This is incorrect. Not IMDb's fault no doubt taken from the PR material provided by whatever distributor is trying to move the product. But that plot twist is entirely incidental to the main story it is indeed not the story and it misrepresents the story. The fact that even the people distributing the film may not have actually seen it tells you that this flick is unlikely to find the audience it deserves. 5. Supporting cast is excellent. Joelle Carter fresh from her success in Justified is radiant (er hot) as ever and Louise Fletcher also very underexposed these days is more than adequate. Even the dog gives a brilliant performance. (He plays a dog but an exceptionally friendly one). 6. Some reviewers may tell you this is a film about marriage. Bunk. It is a film about men and women and the communication issues therein. It is well worth a look.