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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18 August 1951, Israel
1 December 1983, New York City, New York, USA
3 August 1986, Japan
30 May 1981, Queens, New York, USA
28 October 1974, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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.
April 10, 2009
Gray guides his strong cast to a resolution that is both surprising and entirely realistic.
March 04, 2009
Phoenix's performance overwhelms the slight story.
April 13, 2010
We know the characters better than they know themselves
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.
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.
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 13, 2011
Please, don't be fooled by this. It's all showboating scenes, pretentious ideals and NO realism whatsoever.
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 05, 2009
What elevates Two Lovers beyond the mundane is the strength of the performances.
February 16, 2010
... it's instructive to view director/co-writer ... James Gray's take on the effects of private infidelity.
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.
