We have all read about this movie and we all know what it's about. Therefore, this is a quick review.
It's good, although I wanted it to be better. While it is obviously about sex, it is just as much about the connections we need and try to make, about who we touch and who touches us and why that is important. Everyone in the movie is good, and there are not many players. It is charming, often funny, poignant and moving.
I think my main complaint is that they went for the emotional Hollywood ending. (No spoilers here.) There was a perfect place to end it about five minutes before they did, when all the pieces had come together, when all the characters were well on their way to being complete and whole. But I suppose that wasn't enough for the director, so it took another turn. Not a bad turn, just one that I personally felt wasn't needed.
It was nice to see Helen Hunt in a role appropriate for a 50 year old woman. Her face is angular, not always very pretty, but her body is very nice indeed. John Hawkes is really good and William H. Macy has a great role as the listener. It is certainly good enough to warrant the $7 ticket price. See it, let me know what you think.
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