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Paul, who is 22, lives in the South in the same town he was born in. He has a close group of buddies and when he meets one of his friends' sisters, who has just graduated from prep school, his life begins to change.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a beautiful second film from David Gordon Green. Lush cinematography and stunning performances. The main actors are so natural around each other, capturing the nerves and nuances of young love. An amazing piece of cinema that draws you into the microcosm of rural love story. If you liked the subltlety of emotion in "Lost in Translation", then definitely see this understated and overlooked masterpiece.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
While not by any means an easy film to watch, it will certainly leave its mark on you if you persevere to the end. And while it is advertised as a love story, it is more a story about love and the intertwining relationships in small town America. The acting is strong from all characters and along with the story and cinematography you are pulled into this moving story.
It very much has the feel of a small budget independent film, so if you like those you will certainly enjoy (for want of a better word as I'm not sure you can really enjoy this film) this. If however, you are looking for a standard Hollywood style romance then avoid.
It very much has the feel of a small budget independent film, so if you like those you will certainly enjoy (for want of a better word as I'm not sure you can really enjoy this film) this. If however, you are looking for a standard Hollywood style romance then avoid.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I had been meaning to see this movie in London because of the praiseworthy and intriguingly personal reviews I had read in the paper press. I missed it of course, seeing as it was ever only playing at 1PM showings at one or zero inordinately expensive Central London cinemas.
This is a shame because it is one of the most effecting movies I have seen in roughly a week (Lost in Translation and Girl With A pearl Earring are both excellent also) and more people deserve to see it.
A beautiful story of a boy and a girl in love. That's it. It's amazingly rare to find special relationships such as love when young as accurately portrayed in modern cinema as this film achieves.
The female role played by Zooey Deschanel is tender and subtle while the male role played by Paul Schraider is strong yet emotional. You couldn't ask for a better on-screen chemistry between the two leads; it was all about looks, what is not said, the silences.
The heartache and longing is all there also, as well as the comic relief (it ain't all weepy and heavy sighs).
Go buy this film, it is well worth it, you'll be talking about it with friends afterwards.
The extras are good also, the writer and director David Gordon Green is a revelation, full of insight and intellectual depth about what he wanted to achieve, it makes you feel contented that there is a guy out there who is prepared to challenge film-making assumptions. Watch this guy for the future.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
I love slow films but this one left me feeling a bit cheated... Avoid
I didnt click at first who Zooey was until after I'd bought the film, so I was looking forward to seeing her as a lead in what other reviewers had rated as an excellent and very... Read more
Published 9 months ago by C
Stunning Indie Film
Utterly amazing Indie film. Can't praise it enough. Acting is superb. Storyline is gripping even though nothing ever really happens, also very realistic and moving. EXCELLENT.
Published 16 months ago by CD
Total Snoozefest
I am a big fan of Zooey Deschanel and decided to start watching some of her lesser-known films starting with this one. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Fairuza Foch
Love is a word not many people have heard
I love how this movie leaves every moment untouched. Its completely up to you whether you except the reality of the situation or not! Read more
Published 22 months ago by words with wonder
Beautiful And Brilliant
I watched this film with absolutely no expectations, only renting it on the basis that I had seen a review of Undertow on BBC Talking Movies and while waiting for Undertow to get a... Read more
Published on 24 April 2010 by Ernie
All The Real Viewers-Don't Watch This Now
This is the sort of film that high-brow critics love to wax lyrical about-like it's something that's never been made before. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2010 by ScottPaul ScottPaul
Boring - so much more could have been done
I decided to watch this film after seeing Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days of Summer, and, fancying a romance, this seemed like the film to watch. Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2009 by Ellie May
Please do not waste your time.....
....watching this utter drivel. I purchased due to the excellent reviews, and can only conclude that my DVD is faulty and contains an entirely different film. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2009 by helmethead
30 minutes too long
This 2 hour movie is laden with heavy confessional monologues, spliced with cinematic shots of the beautiful hills that remind me of the hills of Pensylvannia in The Deer Hunter. Read more
Published on 1 July 2009 by Billy Ray Cyrus
Very true to life, hence a bit dull
The acting and direction in this film are superb. So good that it made me think how much like everyone's youth the whole thing was. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2007 by Charles Gosling
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