Sunday, July 07, 2013

Yes

Yes (2005) starring Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson. A married Irish woman (Allen) falls in love with a Lebanese man (Abkarian), and their affair brings to the surface feelings about class, race and nationalism. The movie's most novel quality is that it  is written in rhyming verse, and the characters must seem natural while spouting poetry. It works pretty well, and is certainly well written. I didn't really get very emotionally involved in the movie, though. It's not an easy film to watch. I give it marks for originality, but it lacks naturalism. (No subtitles in English are offered, but closed captions save the day.) Grade: B   

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