Take This Waltz

Year: 2011

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Polley

Review

sarah polley film about a young married canadian couple who get along, but aren’t the most passionate couple ever. they both work at home and have basically lost the spark in their relationship. the male (seth rogen) seems more content than the female (michelle williams) does. williams gets into a flirtatious relationship with a guy while on a work-related trip. they share a cab back home and it turns out they’re neighbors. it’s a prosaic little story that ultimately left me about as unfulfilled as michelle williams feels in her relationships. can’t recommend it, but i wouldn’t call it awful either. if there’s a lesson to be had from the film it’s that unhappy people are unhappy i guess. sometimes you have to make things work, maybe? i don’t know. i give it credit for not giving in on the ending, i suppose.

Watched in theater