The Lovers 2017

     Mary and Michael are both unhappy in their marriage.  Mary is seeing Robert and Michael is seeing Lucy.  They both have decided to end their marriage after their son Joel and his girlfriend Erin end their visit.  Joel has warned Erin that his parents don’t even like each other?  Mary and Michael haven’t talked to each other about their plans but they are both glad the time to leave will be soon.  Suddenly, they start to see each other in a different way as the time nears.  Even Joel is surprised to see that they seem to be getting along?

     There are a lot of repetitive scenes in this film and it’s very slow paced.  Mary and Michael don’t seem to have chemistry but they don’t have chemistry with Robert and Lucy either?  Everything is bland in this film as well.  Their home, their neighborhood, their jobs and they treat each other with disregard.  They openly lie to each other but don’t even bother to think up a believable lie.  That would be too much work!!  The people they have chosen to leave their marriage for don’t seem to be any better than what they have?  In fact, they may be more whining, difficult and demanding?  2* (I didn't like this movie)

97 min, Drama directed by Azazel Jacobs with Debra Winger, Tracy Letts, Aidan Gillen, Melora Walters, Tyler Ross, Jessica Sula, Lesley Fera, Barry Eisen, Wayne Alon Scott, Vanessa Christelle, Jeff Cairns, Janine Mitchell.

Note:  Imdb 6.1 out of 10, 84% critic 42% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3 ½*, Amazon 3.4* out of 5* with 13 reviews, Metacritic 76 out of 100 with 31 critics 5.9 out of 10 with 17 reviews, The Guardian 4* out of 5* review by Benjamin Lee, Rolling Stone 3.5* out of 4*.

Special Note:  Filmed in Santa Clarita, California.  In the film the characters played by Winger and Letts are the same age but Winger is actually ten years older than Letts.  There is another film with the same title from 1958.