IMDb plot summary: A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor.
Directed by James Gray. Stars Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Vinessa Shaw.
Two Lovers follows Leonard (Joaquin Phoenix), a depressed man living with his parents, who becomes torn between two women: a beautiful but troubled neighbor and the kind, steady family friend his parents hope he’ll choose. I can see what the film is trying to do here. It's aiming to capture the emotional drift of this man caught between uncertain excitement and warm stability, but the execution ends up feeling mostly blah. Phoenix’s character is so muted that it’s hard to connect with him, and the film’s emotional beats land with a thud because there’s so little personality driving them. The ending aims for ambiguity but feels like it just gives up and lapses into a boring shrug rather than anything thought-provoking. The movie also meanders throughout, treading very familiar indie-drama ground without offering much new insight. By the time it wraps up, the whole thing has fizzled into nothing.
How it entered my Flickchart:
🎥 Two Lovers (2008)
📊 Ranked #3270/4082 on my Flickchart
🎯 Flickscore™: 20
lost to Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (#2037 → #2048)
lost to Bully (#3057 → #2690)
beat Johnny Tremain (held at #3570)
beat The Pagemaster (#3313 → #3308)
lost to Multiplicity (#3185 → #3174)
beat The Dark Side of the Moon (#3249 → #3484)
beat Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (#3217 → #3271)
beat Thoroughly Modern Millie (#3200 → #3208)
beat Roman J. Israel, Esq. (#3192 → #3194)
beat The Bishop Murder Case (#3188 → #3187)
beat Shane (held at #3186)
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