SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Majorthebys Charming and brutal

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Desertman84 Two for the Road is a comedy drama about an architect and his wife who examine their twelve-year relationship while on a road trip to Southern France. It stars Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn.Written by Frederic Raphael, the story is told in a non-linear fashion, with scenes from the latter stages of the relationship put together with those from its beginning, often leaving the viewer to interpret what has intervened, which is sometimes revealed in later scenes.It was directed by Stanley Donen. While backpacking through Europe, student Mark Wallace falls for lovely music student Jackie, but later settles for Joanna or Jo, another aspiring musician. Once married, Mark and Jo go on a desultory honeymoon, traveling in the company of insufferable American tourists Howard 'Howie' Maxwell-Manchester and Cathy Maxwell-Manchester born Seligman and their equally odious daughter,Ruth. Later on, during yet another road trip, Mark is offered an irresistible job opportunity by Maurice Dalbret, which ultimately distances Mark from his now-pregnant wife. Still remaining on the road, the film then details Mark and Jo's separate infidelities. The film ends where it begins, with Mark and Jo taking still another road vacation, hoping to sew up their unraveling marriage. This is one of the most enduring films of all-time.Despite its initial release back in 1967,many viewers will still find this movie a pleasure to watch primarily due to the great chemistry between Audrey Hepburn,which is considered to be probably one of her most realistic and resonant screen roles and Albert Finney. Not to mention the unforgettable musical score by Henry Mancini.Despite of its few melodramatic clashes with forced comedy,it doesn't stop the movie from being timelessly appealing and truthful to its theme which happens to be the challenge of lasting love.

Spikeopath Two for the Road is directed by Stanley Donen and written by Frederic Raphael. It stars Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn. Music is by Henry Mancini and Christopher Challis is the cinematographer. Film basically deconstructs in non-linear fashion the relationship between Joanna (Hepburn) and Mark Wallace (Finney). Set out on the road as the couple meet, go on vacation, fall out and make up, narrative is threaded over a 12 year period.Donen and Raphael have crafted a picture that takes the many emotional strands of man and woman relationship, and lays them out bare for us all to see. It's this honest like approach, coupled with the two watchable lead actors, that really engages me personally. There's moments of fun, slapstick even, but these are always coupled to an onset of sadness or regret, making this neither comedy or drama, but a near perfect fusion of the two; or bittersweet to coin an actual term. Mancini's music is sweet and breezy, the title track apparently one of his personal favourites, while Challis' Panavision photography is often beautiful. There's some credibility stretching with Hepburn playing her younger self, and one on going gag is overcooked in the extreme, but Two for the Road still feels fresh and interesting to those willing to invest fully in the thematics of the human marital condition. Film also signs off with a killer bit of dialogue from the protagonists that you wont be able to forget. 8/10

Psalm 52 I agree w/ The New York Times Bosley Crowther's review that this cinematic experience "doesn't tell us very much about marriage and life, other than the old romantic axiom that lovers are likelier to be happy when poor than when rich. It doesn't tell us a thing about this couple when they are not in France, or why he is such a stinker, or why she sticks with him." It's true, this film avoids any involvement of, or w/, faith in the matrimonial drama, much less mention of the Bible and marriage, and as a result the beautiful film falls just short of being excellent. The lead and supporting acting, directing, location selections, production design, soundtrack, and writing are commendable and make the film breeze by, but again, by removing faith from the absorbing drama of the downfall of the lead's marriage this results in a film that is as a Variety film critic describes an "attempt to visually analyze the bits and pieces that go into making a marriage, and then making it work, is successful" but not excellent.

jackmronner A tapestry of a movie, showcasing the directorial skills of Stanley Donen. Perhaps no other director has the breadth of Mr. Donen's success, comprising classics in the genres of big studio musicals, romantic comedy, drama and thrillers.The thread of the roads traveled by the Audrey and Albert in their various ages and incarnations is skillfully interwoven, providing a bittersweet and funny picture of an all-to-human marriage, the success of which seems perversely inverse to their material success.What a great match of two beautiful and charismatic stars. He plays the perfect rogue and imperfect husband to the hilt, and she, well, she is Audrey.Look for a young and lovely Jacqueline Bisset early in the film.And don't forget your passport.Cannot recommend highly enough the following Donen films: Bedazzled, Indiscreet and Charade