AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

VhaugnndeixU Execution: 3/10 As we see George and Ben get married we as the audience are not given enough set up to know how exactly the two ARE together and how important their union us, so when they are separate it doesn't really matter. We are not "thinking about the other when watching George or Ben be alone" because there's no previous reference by which to do that at all. Once they're separate it's only 30 minutes away but we don't see enough of them looking for housing or anything else.Extra nonsense that could have been replaced with better conflict, George and Ben trying to be normal again with each other despite their situation, something other than stolen French literature and Kate complaining about being home all the time. Leave and do something elsewhere! I didn't know NY cops were so apt to party like frat boys every night. Why does Ben have a pension from an undisclosed source but not have SS or any type of insurance? Seems these old guys have making rookie mistakes they're too old to make.Romance: 3/10 They kiss four times and cuddle once and that's it. It's a good amount of affection but not enough to where I would call romantic. And the end is quite ridiculous and nowhere near the note it should have been. I've never seen a film that ends on the wrong people; people the narrative was NOT ABOUT!

pjtgc-119-678984 I liked this movie for about thirty minutes after I viewed it. The performances are stunning, particularly Molina and Lithgow. But as I thought it over, the story as a whole was contrived and very thin. It is a very superficial movie which appears to be deeper because of the excellent if badly presented performances. I blame the writer/director. I won't say what, but the most important part of the story of Lithgow's and Molina's characters is simply missing - what was left out, only to be referred to in a wrenching transition, was the meat of the story and should and could have been the movie. Watch the movie for the performances, but don't bother with the story, it is a poor one - so much so that in the end, for me, dissatisfaction with the writing and directing ruined even the performances.

jbirks106 For a moment I thought I might be crazy, that I was the only one who thought "Love Is Strange" was problematic, to put it mildly. Indeed, the professional reviews nearly all saw the film through the prism of DOMA and forgave any flaws in plot or narrative structure as minor details compared to the "important message" being conveyed. Fortunately some reviewers here restored my faith in my own sanity by pointing out that unless a movie makes some sense, has some internal logic, it's unlikely to convey much of a message at all.But first, let me say that Alfred Molina is terrific as the music teacher whose firing sets the wheels in motion for the rest of the picture. He is witty, charming, and utterly believable in his role. John Lithgow, while a very good actor, simply chews the scenery, often in an annoying an boorish fashion. Marisa Tomei makes the most of her screen time, and even though her relationship with her husband is obviously strained the audience is left to guess why.We are left to guess at many things about this film. Why do Ben and George feel the need to tie the knot after so many years together? Why is George so obtuse as to fail to see the consequences? He is clearly an intelligent and sensitive fellow, but in this, the most decisive act he is clueless? Makes no sense to me.It's telling that Ben and George could live together -- happily one presumes -- with their relative in Poughkeepsie. But they would rather impose on their friends/relatives in the city. Okay, there's no movie if they move to Poughkeepsie, but there's an unspoken snobbery here too. Better to sleep on couches and bunk beds apart in the city than together in #&$@-ing Poughkeepsie!

evanston_dad A modern day version of the 1937 Leo McCarey film "Make Way for Tomorrow," with a gay married couple in place of the elderly husband and wife who served as the focus of the earlier film. "Love Is Strange" has two wonderful actors at its center -- John Lithgow and Alfred Molina -- but they're not convincing as a gay couple, coming across instead like old college buddies crashing with one another. The film is too morose and dreary by far -- the saving grace of McCarey's film is the final third, when the elderly parents embark on one final day of being together before being separated indefinitely (perhaps forever), and they open a window for the viewer on to the rich history they share and which their selfish children have no knowledge of. The film is still tragic, but the tragedy is tempered a bit by the fact that these two people have enjoyed a life together and built a world of memories with each other that no one can take from them. No such message is conveyed in "Love Is Strange"; the result is more depressing than it is bittersweet."Love Is Strange" is yet one more cautionary tale for those who want to remake classics. Don't bother if you're going to make a film that is inferior in every way to the original.Grade: B-