Two Lovers
Following a broken engagement, sometime photographer Leonard Kraditor moves in with his parents in Brighton Beach and finds his life turned upside down as he struggles to choose between the beautiful daughter of a close family friend and the scintillating but volatile next-door neighbor whose passion helps to reignite his lust for life.
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10 October 1945, New York City, New York, USA
22 May 1981, Bronx, New York, USA
18 June 1952, Rome, Lazio, Italy
11 March 1961, Montréal, Québec, Canada
30 May 1981, Queens, New York, USA
3 August 1986, Japan
3 April 1969, Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
7 October 1979, New York City, New York, USA
1 December 1983, New York City, New York, USA
April 13, 2010
We know the characters better than they know themselves
February 16, 2010
... it's instructive to view director/co-writer ... James Gray's take on the effects of private infidelity.
January 25, 2010
Tells a pretty old story but gets you hooked on its atmosphere and how it embellishes the heady sensation of shedding the coldness of solitude and depression with the warmth of walking through a new romance.
March 13, 2011
Please, don't be fooled by this. It's all showboating scenes, pretentious ideals and NO realism whatsoever.
March 13, 2009
If Two Lovers winds up being Phoenix's last movie, at least it offers posterity incontrovertible proof that, once, he was a contender.
August 16, 2011
What made the filmmakers come up with such a 1959 scenario? Better yet, how did they make this hoary plot so damned entertaining? Must be movie magic.
March 05, 2009
What elevates Two Lovers beyond the mundane is the strength of the performances.
April 10, 2009
Gray guides his strong cast to a resolution that is both surprising and entirely realistic.
May 07, 2010
I can't stop thinking about Leonard, how I want him to be free, living an authentic life ... but also to to remain under supervision so he won't mess himself up. Phoenix is brilliant here.
March 27, 2009
Gray's direction lovingly toys with images of containment and release, effectively playing out the drama in visual terms - but we never really feel it.
March 04, 2009
Phoenix's performance overwhelms the slight story.
April 10, 2009
Phoenix plays that schism -- the damaged soul in a hunky body -- to perfection, so well that we overlook the logical chasm at the centre of the tale.
