Brief Encounter
I don’t like reviewing movies so long after a viewing but I’m in catch-up mode at the moment and I feel a little more relaxed than I normally would with this one ‘cos, the big positive of this review is, I will be watching this again in the future. In a nutshell, I really wanna say that this movie is like American Beauty and Little Children rolled into one. I hate how people recently have compared Little Children to American Beauty, it’s like they’ve totally missed the point that Little Children is the ANTI American Beauty. Like, where AB was all, “Live your life be free,” Little Children kinda said, 7 years on, “OH. WHOA. Let’s not all do it at once, hey.” And like half a century earlier, who but David Lean would expect to be doing the same exchange within one movie? Let’s dismiss the fact that I watched this on Valentine’s Day on my own in a hotel room, lol. The ending truly makes this movie. I spent the first 90% thinking, “how the heck did they get away with this back then?” and the last couple of minutes just kinda humbling myself before the TV screen. Yes, it has cheesy British accents and cheesy lines and cheesy moments and so much cheese it’s like a fondu party. But that ending is so out there, so honest, I really can’t wait to see it again, ‘cos I’m certain this is gonna grow on me.