Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 09/16/2003
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 110 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: MGM
This British film examines the choices individuals must make when confronted with a romantic relationship which is rewarding but does not offer them everything they want. In this sympathetic and psychologically precise drama, Alexandra Greville (
Glenda Jackson), "Alex" to her friends, has a younger man as her sometime lover, the young sculptor Bob Elkin (
Murray Head). Elkin is completely open about the fact that he is also the lover of her acquaintance, Dr. Daniel Hirsch (
Peter Finch). These relationships continue in some kind of equilibrium until Alex and Bob agree to house-sit the children of a couple known to the three of them. In their roles, neither
Head nor
Finch "swished," or otherwise catered to homosexual stereotypes, and theirs was considered to be a groundbreaking, sympathetic portrayal of this kind of relationship, not condescending in any way. One highlight of the film is a scene in which Dr. Hirsch attends the Bar Mitzvah of his nephew. This critically well-received movie was unexpectedly successful at the box office. The film's director and screenwriter, as well as
Jackson and
Finch, were nominated for Academy Awards.
~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
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