- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B001OXLGJQ
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #61,501 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Extraordinary movie about aging and love,
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This review is from: Elegy (DVD)
Kingsley is particularly on his game in this gem of movie. Slow and evolving, it engages you the way good drama can.Nothing complex or dramatic with a simple plot, but the characters evolve and interact in interesting ways, with a high level of authenticity. Not uplifting but like most great art, satisfying and enriching.
5.0 out of 5 stars
beautiful,
By Ochi Chernye (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Elegy (DVD)
Wonderfully acted, Ben Kingsley is exquisite as a man fighting both ageing and his fear of commitment. Top notch casting and excellent character development delivers a perfect film for one of those more relaxed, cerebral evenings. Nothing goes boom, no guns or car chases, just pure drama goodness.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
"Old age is not for sissies.",
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This review is from: Elegy (DVD)
62-year old professor David (Ben Kingsley) despairs the unfairness of growing old while still desiring carnal pleasures. He finds one of his students, a 24-year old beauty named Consuela (Penelope Cruz) to be especially alluring and breaks a rule to go out with her; they fall in love.An elegy is a nostalgic or melancholy musical piece or poem lamenting death, and that sums up the theme of this movie. Based on a novel by Phillip Roth, it explores a man's many regrets, failings, and losses. The film starts out quite nicely with the couple's initial attraction, but the second half falls apart with a shallow story and boring dialogue delivered at a snail's pace. (It's at least half an hour too long.) The idea of an older man and younger woman being attracted to each other isn't shocking these days and there just isn't much going on here. Kingsley gives an excellent performance as the refined and horny professor and Cruz is very appealing as a strong, sensual young woman, but the script fails them. The director tried very hard to make this an intimate art house-type film with lingering close-ups, long silences, and moody music, but in the end there's nothing very engaging or touching about David and his problems.
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