Anne Hathaway plays Solene, a newly divorced art gallery owner who meets Hayes, a much younger than her musician played by Nicholas Galitzine. They embark upon a destined-to-fail romance.
Firstly this is pure formula. Girl meets boy, thinks about it. Falls for him, they split, they get back together, they split again, they get back together again, they split again. This ridiculous formula is so tedious and worn and it drives me nuts.
However there was a saving grace in that the story deals with an older woman and a younger man and what that can do to a family. Solene's ex husband is angry, her daughter is upset, the internet is in a frenzy and Solene cant cope with it all. It reminds me of the circus that came to town when Harry Styles started dating Olivia Wilde. It's as if as an intelligent species we cant cope with two people falling in love if there is a 10 year age difference. And yet there was Celine Dion... There's also a message in there about intrusive press. The press have to get a story to sell newspapers, but why do they pursue something as simple as two people dating? The celebrity mania in this world is insane and although the film is scripted, it is precisely how the internet and news outlets react when they sense something. Taking pictures of two people surreptitiously in order to sell papers should be illegal. It is often the press that drives anger and upset about things.
And that's a subtext of this film: the press. We are only scared of crime because the press alert us to each and every crime that happens, sensationalising it to make sure we read it. We are only terrorised by terrorists because the press bring us detailed stories of their atrocities and bombard us with pictures of horror. The press act indignant and shocked because 2 adults fell in love, and they drive people to jump on the bandwagon, ensuring that more papers are sold and more clicks registered. Perhaps it's time to take a long hard look at the press, and what they do, and how they negatively influence life and people.
There's all that and more in this film so although I am not a Hathaway fan, I did very much enjoy the story. I gave it a 7.
Firstly this is pure formula. Girl meets boy, thinks about it. Falls for him, they split, they get back together, they split again, they get back together again, they split again. This ridiculous formula is so tedious and worn and it drives me nuts.
However there was a saving grace in that the story deals with an older woman and a younger man and what that can do to a family. Solene's ex husband is angry, her daughter is upset, the internet is in a frenzy and Solene cant cope with it all. It reminds me of the circus that came to town when Harry Styles started dating Olivia Wilde. It's as if as an intelligent species we cant cope with two people falling in love if there is a 10 year age difference. And yet there was Celine Dion... There's also a message in there about intrusive press. The press have to get a story to sell newspapers, but why do they pursue something as simple as two people dating? The celebrity mania in this world is insane and although the film is scripted, it is precisely how the internet and news outlets react when they sense something. Taking pictures of two people surreptitiously in order to sell papers should be illegal. It is often the press that drives anger and upset about things.
And that's a subtext of this film: the press. We are only scared of crime because the press alert us to each and every crime that happens, sensationalising it to make sure we read it. We are only terrorised by terrorists because the press bring us detailed stories of their atrocities and bombard us with pictures of horror. The press act indignant and shocked because 2 adults fell in love, and they drive people to jump on the bandwagon, ensuring that more papers are sold and more clicks registered. Perhaps it's time to take a long hard look at the press, and what they do, and how they negatively influence life and people.
There's all that and more in this film so although I am not a Hathaway fan, I did very much enjoy the story. I gave it a 7.