Diagonaldi Very well executed

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

mcgary-77224 This movie was much the same as watching someone paint a house.It was such a disappointment.So many periods of just nothing -I was anticipating seeing Debra Winger on screen again but this role was just beneath her!

jcjs333 The show kinda started OK even though i didn't like him much. I got to where i liked him after 20 minutes or so. If the show would have ended where both of them split up i could live with that. But, the ending where he calls her is way way way over the top for me. One reviewer said 'there is no feeling there'. I hadn't seen the very end when i read that review and i thought the reviewer was wrong that there was a tiny bit of feeling. But, the ending made the whole movie ridiculous and void of feeling , schizophrenic. Two sociopaths or something. Non humans. Or, at least, sad folks who live in an emotional vacant life. The son and his girl friend were the only ones with a sense of reality. I loved the way the son and his girl friend slipped out the door when Dad was playing the piano. The Dad , i saw , as in the middle of such a detachment from reality and delusional as he sang and played. Misguided. Or, no guidance at all. One reviewer mentioned how her and her 'lover' thought they'd identify because they just went through a similar thing. I guess a break up and make up. I loved the way the son just left probably thinking 'i got to get out of here wow bozoland, bonker city let me out'. I imagined them just thinking how comical the whole thing is with their parents and how sad, though. But, the main criticism or complaint is NO FEELING. I FELT JUST ABOUT NOTHING. THERE WERE ACTIONS GOING ON BUT NONE OF IT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH 'REALITY' OR 'WHOLENESS' OR MAKING ANY SENSE. THE plot seemed like it could go somewhere but would keep turning to nowhere. None it would ever happen. People aren't that out there. Feelingless characters pretending to be real. The movie didn't do anything for me but help me write this. I won't say it's a waste of time in the sense i keep getting reminded there are a lot of movies i think are just ridiculous when i think they won't be before i watch them. There are only a few actors and directors that i know, before hand, i will like. Very few. e.g I know i'll like a movie with Christian Bale in it or Chastain or Blanchett or Brad Pitt but there aren't a whole lot. Anyhow, lousy show.

intuitivegoddess so incredibly excruciating to watch. My partner and I went in expecting to relate because of our history, but just torture to watch. Beyond bad casting, felt none of the characters were believable together. Awkward, was not moved in any way. Truly only watched to the end as it was such a train wreck....stay at home , watch TV Yes we did laugh, once.....when we thought it could not get any worse, wait for it....it got worse....is this why Littlefinger was killed off , and as punishment landed this role....

Mark Turner Hollywood loves to use a recurring theme when it comes to marriage. They seem to have this idea that the best way to solve marriage problems is to have an affair. I'm not sure if it's because there are so many failed marriages there or that there is so much rampant cheating going on there or what. But every so often a movie comes out pushing this idea. THE LOVERS is the newest example.Michael and Mary (Tracy Letts and Debra Winger) are a middle aged couple for whom the spark has gone out of their relationship. Each day is filled with the same old same old, work, home, dinner, bed. Romance is a thing of the past. But they have something in common they aren't aware of. Both of them are having affairs.Much of what I just wrote is assumed as we go along. The first moments of the film are of each individual with the person they are having an affair with. Both are promising that they are going to leave the other spouse but want to put it off until they have a chance to talk with their son who is coming home for the weekend from college.Both are having affairs with what appear to be much younger people. In Michael's case it is a young ballet dancer. Of all the characters in the film she is the most irrational and explosive. She seems to have fits of rage that made me as a viewer wonder where the attraction came from unless it was all physical.In the case of Mary her lover is a writer. While we witness to two romantically involved we also get to see that side of him. He discusses his writer's block with her and later in the film is reading something he's just written. Her attraction seems both physical and mental.But something happens. One morning before their son comes home they wake in bed together, in that semi-groggy state of mind we all do in the morning, and without realizing just who they are with they kiss. Their eyes open, they both jump out of bed and begin getting ready for work. But as they do so they find themselves drawn to one another and jump back in bed.Over the next few days both are dealing with this new sense of vigor and attraction to one another. At the same time their lovers are feeling ignored and threatened. It's not that they are aware of what has happened but they notice something is different. Each continues to put pressure on Michael and Mary to end it and be with them instead.The story comes to a head when their son gets home. He's warned his girlfriend to expect them not to be a very caring couple. When he sees them together this way he isn't sure what to expect. Could it be that things have been straightened out? Could they have rediscovered what it was that drew them together in the first place? And will they stay or go? The movie is entertaining and well-made on all fronts. It's well shot and directed, moves along at a steady pace and never seems to drag. The acting is more believable than one would expect. It's good to see Winger back in front of a camera again since her output has decreased over the past 8 years or so. Perhaps the only thing that felt intrusive in the film was the music, odd since there is a whole segment in the extras about scoring this film. It's like the classic old movie melodramas where the tones rise and fall with the emotions on display. At time that got in the way of things for me.The only other thing that bothered me was the fact that both seem to work at jobs where it's nothing for them to leave for hours at a time to have affairs or not come home on time on a near daily basis. Not only that their respective lovers have no problem showing up where they work with no reason to do so other than to see them. For me that made parts of the movie unbelievable.Still, it is an interesting movie and will hold your attention start to finish. There are moments that might bring a tear to your eye and moments that will make you laugh out loud. And for many it will make you wonder if you don't pay enough attention to your spouse and show them that even after all this time there is still love between the two of you. With any luck that will be the thing that sticks with most viewers instead of thinking that sleeping with someone else will help your marriage.