Where’s the Suspense?
June 19, 2008
The movie Married Life is directed by Ira Sachs and stars by Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson, and Rachel McAdams. It is the story of two men, one torn between his comfortable married life and a new and exciting mistress, the other torn between his bachelor life and the love interest of his best friend. The movie is a fairly predictable tale of love and woe set in 1950’s America.
Married Life was an ok movie as long as you’re not expecting any major plot twists or surprises. The actors do a very good job of playing their individual parts and the movie itself is done adequately. They seemed to nail the period down both in costume and attitudes of the characters. I felt the story was lacking any real plot twists to keep the audience involved. I was not surprised at anything that happened and found myself watching something that I found uninteresting. The movie is laced with subterfuge, adultery, and intrigue in an attempt to provide suspense but sadly fails. I can’t say that the movie was a waste of time. It was entertaining to watch if you like seeing other people’s problems but all in all is not a film that I’m dying to run out and buy. I’ll give it three stars, a mediocre rating for a mediocre movie.
