— “Love Is Strange” cries out for the art theater crowd. John Lithgow and Alfred Molina do a great job as the partners who, after 39 years together in NYC, finally marry, leading to one of them losing his job and medical benefits as a music teacher at a Catholic school. With only his partner’s pension, they can no longer afford their apartment or the lives they’ve lived. It’s a touching look at a relationship and its tender and difficult times. It’s impossible not to be angry at the circumstances which proved to be their undoing, or to smile at their unshakable love, but it falls a little flat in the end. Maybe that’s the way life is.
[2014. 94 min. Directed by Ira Sachs. Starring John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei.] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/movies/love-is-strange-stars-john-lithgow-and-alfred-molina.html
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