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Novel the sense of an ending6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But the fiery blast of real emotion and real revelation never truly arrives. The disclosure of assumed mystery in the flashbacks is deferred, scene-by-scene. The flashbacks to the leading character’s 1960s youth are important for giving the story depth and drama, and for taking it out of the parochial world of well-to-do north London. Despite the title, and despite the emphasis on the lead character’s supposed attainment of emotional closure, there is no satisfying sense of an ending. But, considering that the story is about suicide and forbidden love, it is oddly desiccated, detached, even passionless sometimes. It is a film with an intriguing premise and it’s never anything other than watchable and well acted. J im Broadbent gives an engaging and sympathetic performance in this movie, directed by Ritesh Batra (known for his Mumbai-set heartwarmer The Lunchbox) and adapted by Nick Payne from the 2011 Booker-winning novel by Julian Barnes, who is to be glimpsed fleetingly in the background of a pub scene. ![]()
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