Synopsis
After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.
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Cast
- John LithgowBen
- Alfred MolinaGeorge
- Marisa TomeiKate
- Darren E. BurrowsElliot
- Charlie TahanJoey
- Cheyenne JacksonTed
- Manny PérezRoberto
- Christina KirkMindy
- Tank BurtDoreen
- Christian CoulsonIan
Recommendations
- 100
Time Out
Love Is Strange emerges as a total triumph for Sachs and his co-leads, John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, who, despite lengthy filmographies, turn in career-topping work. a sensitive domestic tragedy about the finite nature of any union. - 100
Entertainment Weekly
Sachs, Molina, and Lithgow have given adult moviegoers a perfect piece of summer counterprogramming — a warm, humane, resplendent romance to savor while our days are still long. - 91
The Playlist
Calling Love Is Strange a great gay love story is both precise and inaccurate; I doubt I’ll see a more finely performed and beautifully crafted love story, with or without any mere modifiers, up on the big screen this year. - 91
IndieWire
Love Is Strange is a sophisticated take on contemporary urbanity infused with romantic ideals and the tragedy of their dissolution. - 90
Variety
Love Is Strange never feels anything less than authentic, like a true story shared by close friends. - 89
Film.com
Throughout the picture you understand the miracle and good fortune of finding love, and recognize the great changes in tolerance American society is currently (albeit slowly) undergoing. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
This is a sprawling yet intimate narrative, constructed almost entirely of in-between moments rather than the big turning points and tragedies. - 80
The New Yorker
Love Is Strange, however, is not about gay marriage. It is about a marriage that happens to be gay. If the film grows slightly boring, even that can be construed as an advance.
