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Just perfect...

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

If I had to write the entire movie, it will take less than 2 short pages. More than half of the movie was filled with music. I finished the movie in like 30 minutes. We don't even know in the end the reason for her attempted suicide. Just a plain boring movie. I won't recommend watching it, just read the summary if you are interested, will save a lot of your time.

I have seen both versions of this movie the original with vivien leigh and this with Rachel weitz and I must admit I found the original much better. the story about the love of an older lady and a younger man during the 1950's not as open or accepted as nowadays. I found the problem with this movie was it felt so stagey and at the same time it lacked the passion of the original. I found Rachel Weitz giving a sleepwalking performance yet I have seen her in many other movies but here she was just not with it. Most of the cast seemed so morose and bored it was for me a hard movie to watch though there was one improvement upon the original and that was the love interest as the actor in this version was lively and believable unlike the actor in the original who actually looked older than the character in the play is to be. I will say I was disappointed because this movie could have been a wonderful experience but instead was so boring.

Plot is plodding and pointless and the characters are unsympathetic. The dialog literally put me to sleep and music reminds me of a funeral dirge. I usually love Rachel Weisz as an actress so I was surprised to find her in such an awful movie. Her cuckold of a husband makes any man in love ashamed and fearful to admit that any man could possibly act in such a spineless manner. The boyfriend is such a cad that it is impossible to see anything from his pointy of view other than agreeing with his actions to escape the clingy partnership he found himself in. the worst character of all was Rachel Weisz's which is a clingy neurotic shell of a woman who has no self worth.

Directed by Terence Davies, "The Deep Blue Sea" never quite grabbed me during it's runtime. In fact, I fell asleep during a few scenes and had to re-watch. It's not really a bad movie per say, but it feels too plodding and pedestrian. Non of the actors performances were bad, especially Rachel Weisz, but the texturing and fuzziness of the memory sequences were distracting. Director Davies has put together a movie that in facts feels much more like theatre or a play. (spoilers) Certainly best about it, is the frictional break-up and awkwardness of saying good-bye which helps with the conclusion, but there's something artificial and sort of stuffy along the way.