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Movie Reviews of P.S.
Movie Review: Kismet, Fate, or Just Passionate Longing Revives Love
Summary: 5 Stars
p.s., based on a novel by Helen Schulman and adapted for the screen by Director Dylan Kidd, is a surprisingly good film that deals tangentially with the feasibility/possibility of reincarnation. If another go round like THE OTHER or the Shyamalan films is what you're expecting, then look elsewhere. This is more a story about falling in love and the past needs and memories such an event can surface.
Louise (Laura Linney in yet another sensitive, multifaceted, mesmerizing performance) is a 39 year old admissions worker for Columbia University, a divorced woman whose best friends are still her ex-husband Peter (Gabriel Byrne) and her old high school chum Missy (Marcia Gay Harden), and whose job it is to mail catalogues and respond to admission inquiries for the art department. It is in this last capacity that she encounters an application from a young man F. Scott Feinstadt (Topher Grace) whose name coincidentally happens to be the same as her first and unforgettable love in high school, a boy whose affections were stolen from her by Missy just prior to his accidental death.
Overstepping her menial bounds, Louise telephones F. Scott, makes an appointment with him for an 'interview', and on meeting him finds he not only bears the same name as her lost love, but also physically resembles him and paints like him. Louise throws caution to the wind and leaps at the chance to revive what seems to be a lost love affair. The much younger F. Scott reciprocates and the two begin what appears to be an impossible romance.
Louise is warned against her impetuous affair by Peter (who confesses an 'addiction' to her that throws Louise into insecure terror) and she turns to Missy (living in California but in need of breaking out of her claustrophobic marriage, a fact she relates to Louise in daily telephone conversations). Missy appears in New York, finds F. Scott, and once again is an intrusive obstruction to Louise's increasingly dependent love role with F.Scott. This triggers a big reality check on the whole chain of events and how that is resolved forms the ending of the film.
Added to the DVD are five 'deleted scenes' each of which is superb in writing and in acting and the movie would have been even better had the scenes been included. The actors are all terrific and the relationship examination between Louise and 'F. Scott' point out many fine questions about what constitutes love, is love between an older woman and a younger man viable, can we trust anyone when our eyes are clouded with need and desire, etc. It is a shame Laura Linney wasn't nominated for her work in this film as she is extraordinarily fine. Well worth a concentrated viewing. Grady Harp, February 2005
Movie Review: Something for her to believe in
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, I was pleasantly surprised at Topher Grace's acting skills. When the movie was just starting I was thinking to myself, 'this looks good, but couldn't they have cast someone other than him?' Well, I was wrong--he did a great job, maybe "That 70's Show" makes everyone seem annoying & no fault of his own.
Louise is a middle aged woman who just seems sort of lost. It's clear she is desperate to find something worthwhile in her life, something to give it all meaning. Enter a letter with a familiar name from her past.
Who among us that have lost someone hasn't wished for a second chance? I find we often cling to things lost, forgetting what we presently have. In Louise's case what she presently has is really just a form of holding onto something else, her past with her ex husband. She says something to the effect that, 'maybe that's what's wrong with people--everyone just moves on...'
So you think it will be another spin on the May/December romance, but this one was crisp and kept one interested. I love how this film unabashedly showed the difference in the generations, F. Scott's use of slang, sloppy t-shirt and cheap looking bracelets versus Louise's classic dress, flowing hair and poignant questions. With the generational differences I kept expecting him to say something callous and hurtful to her, and I wanted to protect her from it, but instead I watched with wonder as he showed a keen sensitivity to her and said things that are profound, given the image he protrayed. In one scene he told her (paraphrased), 'I woke up this morning and you were 6 inches away from me and I was blinded--your beauty blinded me...' There is more to this kid than he appears to be.
For her it's a mystical chance to re do something in her life unfinished, for him it's just the awe of someone like her being interested in someone like him. It's definately one to watch in the array of mediocre films that keep getting pumped out. I only wish the ending had more closure, so I am going to read the book.
Movie Review: Resurrection Remembrance and the Truth that Sets You Free
Summary: 5 Stars
If you loved The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve you will adore this film based on the book. Laura Linney stars as Louise Harrington, an Admissions Director for Columbia University's MFA program. Louise is a 30-something divorcee who still spends time with her ex-husband despite the fact they had no children. Louise's life is devoid of passion or more vitality until she comes across an application to the program from a young man with the same name as her long lost love - Scott Feinstadt. As a teenager Louise loved a boy of the same name who died in a car crash. Now nearly 20 years later Louise is compelled to meet his namesake who also looks like him and has his talent. Before both of them know it an affair blossoms and involves her best friend Missy (who also dated Scott in high school) and her ex-husband Peter intermixed with Louise's mother and recovering addict brother.
As the story progresses Louise has trouble discerning the old Scott and the new one. She also doesn't want to remember the real Scott in high school, the boy who dumped her for Missy, who mistreated her with his devil may care attitude, and didn't really appreciate her feelings. In fact, the original Scott was an artist who didn't really paint her portrait. It was just a canvass that some kid kicked a can on in a surreal fashion. Louise confronts the truth of her long ago love while trying to make sense of her present one. When her best friend comes to town the old rivalry emerges with Louise hearing choice words about how she refuses to let anything good happen to her.
Louise and the second Scott (who actually uses the name Fran for Francis) have a delightful affair but it isn't clear what happens after he is admitted to the MFA program. At the end it seems like Louise has burned away the fantasy of her high school flame and moved on, 20 years after the fact.The Last Time They Met
Movie Review: Compelling Story
Summary: 5 Stars
I have just finished watching this movie on DVD and can't believe I missed it in theaters.I am surprised that such a touching movie with brilliant acting hasn't made headlines.This is not a romantic comedy but a drama built around a beautiful romance.It's the first movie I've seen in ages that actually has a realistic sex scene.(The part where Louise is looking at F.Scott putting on a condom is priceless.)I really like the fact that the young F.Scott played by Topher Grace is a realistic 18 years old,not a caricature.After watching this movie,you will be thinking about areas of your life where you are still holding onto the past to make decisions for the future.It has beautiful elements of forgiveness, and for artists, it is a great inspiration to go on creating and leave a mark.It is a lesson in starting a new life at any age.Movie Review: Love story paralleling life's "what if's" w/sadness & a happy ending
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a very unusual movie with sequences believable and full of life's "what ifs". The story starts off fast with a passionate love making scene with "the woman I feel is the most beautiful woman in the world-Laura Linney)The movie explores so many types and experiences of love, live and sexuality with real life characters like a young man with hormonal driven passion and love, a "recovering brother" that turns out nice and an ex-husband and best friend that need real therapy. Well worth watching and the short sad sequences just add real life to the movie and are quickly patched with hope and love yet to blossom in the future.