Still love!

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Movie
German title Still love!
Original title Lovely, still
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Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 90 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Nicholas Fackler
script Nicholas Fackler,
Tim Keshner
production Dana Altman ,
James Lawler ,
Jay Van Hoy
music Mike Mogis ,
Nate Walcott
camera Sean Kirby
cut Douglas Crise
occupation

Still love! (Original title: Lovely, Still ) is an American romantic drama film directed by Nicholas Fackler with Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn in the lead roles.

In Germany, the film was released directly on DVD on November 9, 2012 . The German premiere was on December 17, 2012 on WDR.

action

The lonely Robert Malone falls in love with Mary, the mother of Robert's neighbor Alex. With the help of his boss Mike, Robert decides, for the first time in his life, to spend Christmas with someone else. It is astonishing how indulgent everyone is with the irascible old man, including his boss, in whose supermarket he clearly no longer functions. It is only at the very end of the film that the viewer learns that the entire plot is taking place within a long-established family. Robert Malone suffers from increasing dementia and no longer recognizes his wife Mary. She starts a "new" and happy love affair with Robert. The company he still goes to every day was founded by Robert himself and is now run by his son Mike, Alex is his daughter. It ends with the fact that he no longer recognizes his wife, not even as his new partner.

background

Filming Still Love! took place in Omaha , Nebraska . The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and has continued to be shown at other film festivals. Nicholas Fackler was nominated for the Independent Spirit Awards in the Best First Screenplay category.

The cost of production was approximately $ 5,000,000 and raised $ 233,085.90 worldwide.

Reviews

The reviews of the film are mostly positive. At Rotten Tomatoes , 71% of reviews are positive, out of a total of 21 reviews. The film service saw a "moving (television) romance" carried by "two excellent main actors". The story is reminiscent of the "small-town films by Frank Capra, where the sentimentalities are always limited". The New York Times found that the two main actors would compensate for the Christmas clichés in the form of “feeble music” and “kitschy Christmas lights”, as did the director.

The industry journal Variety wrote, however, that it was "great to see Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn shine in the leading roles", but director Fackler made the film with the more serious tone in the second half seem untrustworthy. The "artificial portrayal" of Adam Scott as a supermarket manager and the "ironic use of Christmas clichés" would encourage the "disrespectful, almost Hal Hartley- like tone".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate of Release for Still Love! Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2012 (PDF; test number: 134 582 V).
  2. ↑ a b Release Info. Internet Movie Database , accessed December 8, 2014 .
  3. ↑ a b Still love! film service , accessed December 8, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Box Office. Internet Movie Database , accessed December 8, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Lovely, Still. Box Office Mojo , accessed December 8, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Lovely, Still (2010). Rotten Tomatoes , accessed December 8, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Neil Genzlinger: A Late-Life Relationship. The New York Times , September 9, 2010, accessed on December 8, 2014 (English): “The romance […] is accompanied by gooey music […], criminally smarmy use of Christmas lights […] and more. [...] But Ms. Burstyn and Mr. Landau are smarter than that, and so is Mr. Fackler [...] "
  8. ↑ Alissa Simon: Review: 'Lovely, Still'. Variety , September 16, 2008, accessed on December 8, 2014 (English): “Nik Fackler essentially shoots himself in the foot with the second section's serious shift in tone. The surprise twist brutally defies the opening narration and plot logic that preceded it, alienating viewers who willingly suspended disbelief. Although it's lovely still to see vet thesps such as Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn shine in substantial parts, it's probably not enough to ensure arthouse success. A mannered performance by Adam Scott as the supermarket manager, and ironic use of seasonal standards further the irreverent, almost Hal Hartley-esque tone set at the beginning. "