It's All About Love

 

It’s All about Love 2003

• Director: Thomas Vinterberg
• Seen by this director: Far from the Madding Crowd, Dear Wendy
• Based on the novel: no
• Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Douglas Henshall, Sean Penn, Mark Strong, Alun Armstrong, Margo Martindale
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Joaquin Phoenix – Joker, Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot, Two Lovers, Reservation Road, Walk the Line, Hotel Rwanda, Gladiator
• Claire Danes – Stardust, Terminator 3, The Hours, Igby Goes Down, Les Misérables, Romeo & Julia, To Gillian on her 37^th Birthday, Little Women
• Douglas Henshall – Shetland, South Riding, The Eagle, Collision, Primeval, Angels and Insects
• Sean Penn – This Must Be the Place, The Tree of Life, Milk, The Interpreter, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, 21 Grams, Mystic River, Pauly Shore Is Dead, I Am Sam, Sweet and Lowdown, Dead Man Walking, Carlito’s Way, Shanghai Surprise, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
• Mark Strong – 1917, The Guard, Stockholm, Before I Go to Sleep, The Imitation Game, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Sherlock Holmes, Young Victoria, Sunshine, Fever Pitch
• Alun Armstrong – The Hollow Crown, Millions, David Copperfield, Sleepy Hollow
• Margo Martindale – August Osage County, Beautiful Creatures, Main Street, Paris je t’aime, Million Dollar Baby, The Human Stain, The Hours, 28 Days, Practical Magic, Marvin’s Room, Dead Man Walking, Lorenzo’s Oil
• Why? The cast
• Seen: 19 January 2023      

       John (Phoenix) is meeting his wife Elena (Danes), a world-renowned skater, in NY to sign their divorce papers but mysterious things seem to be happening in her life. Meanwhile, people are dropping dead on the streets from a mysterious heart ailment, so often that the dead bodies are ignored. In Uganda the weather is freezing, and faulty gravity causes people to float away if they’re not tied down. It’s starts snowing at times and in places it shouldn’t snow.

       Elena seems to be threatened by her family so she and John run.

       This is seriously weird. What is going on? But it’s also compelling.

       Don’t expect answers or explanations but I can promise you gripping performances and a story that evokes strong feelings.

      

4* of 5