Synopsis
A depressed man moves back in with his parents following a recent heartbreak and finds himself with two women.
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Cast
- Joaquin PhoenixLeonard
- Gwyneth PaltrowMichelle
- Vinessa ShawSandra
- Isabella RosselliniRuth
- Moni MoshonovReuben Kraditor
- Elias KoteasRonald Blatt
- Bob AriMichael Cohen
- David RossWaiter
- Anne JoyceLeonard's Ex-Fiancée
- Elliot VillarBystander
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
James Gray's Two Lovers really is a '70s movie, in the mode of such raw, unfiltered character studies as "The Panic in Needle Park," "Wanda," and "Fat City." - 90
Salon
Gray's peculiar accomplishment here is to turn this story into an intense emotional drama, beautifully photographed and profoundly ambiguous, suspended somewhere between realism and psychosexual allegory. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Phoenix plays the romantic lead with great intelligence and enormous charm, making his character's conflict utterly believable, and Paltrow positively glows as the radiant shiksa who dazzles him. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Although Paltrow is radiant (and she nails the character’s ditzy sense of entitlement), it's Phoenix's movie. He is, once again, stupendous, and stupendous in a way he has never been before. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Themes of loneliness, alienation and unrequited love are not new, but there is always that sense of the unexpected in Phoenix that keeps you curious. - 75
The A.V. Club
The characters are all a little too old for this sort of drama, and they know it, but that makes Two Lovers as much about last chances as new loves. - 75
USA Today
Joaquin Phoenix gives a superbly raw and excruciatingly vulnerable performance. - 70
Variety
This very New York tale is old-fashioned in good ways that have to do with solid storytelling, craftsmanship and emotional acuity.
