A young New York couple goes from a college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child. Unexpected twists in their journey create changes in how they thought their lives would be. There are both the perils and rewards of everyday life. This is a multi-generational saga with an international ensemble cast. The setting is New work City and Carmona Spain. There are complications and life is not always a smooth path. It’s possible to solve them with humor, poignancy and love.
The first half of the movie is about the relationship of Will and Abby. They meet, fall in love, visit with Will’s parents and contemplate their lives before and after their relationship. Then, unexpectedly, the film moves to Carmona and we see the lives of a wealthy landowner Mr. Saccione, a plantation manager Javier, his wife Isabel and their son Rodrigo.
This is an emotional family drama written by the writer-director of the TV drama This Is Us. It is an intense and mature movie because of several tragedies. Quite a bit of drinking to excess and lots of strong language. Both in New York and in Spain the couples persevere in their relationships. I was surprised by the trauma in the first relationship. Then, suddenly the film moves to Spain with entirely different people and circumstances? I was surprised by this shift and also wondering why there are suddenly different people in a different place? 2* (I didn’t like this movie)
117 min, Drama, directed and written by Dan Fogelman with Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Annette Bening, Mandy Patinkin, Jean Smart, Olivia Cooke, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Antonio Banderas, Laia Costa, Alex Monner, Isabel Durant, Lorenza Izzo, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Robinson, Adrian Marrero.
Note: Imdb 6.8* out of 10* with 16,120 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 14% with 148 crisis 83% with 1399 ratings, Meteoritic 21 out of 100 with 39 critics (1 positive, 8 mixed 30 negative) 5.2 out of 10 with 42 ratings (19 positive 4 mixed 19 negative), Roger Ebert 1 1/2* Monica Castillo, Common Sense Media Sandie Angulo Chen 4*, age 15+, 3* positive, 3* role models, 4* violence, 3* sex, 4* language, 2* consumerism, 3* drinking, drugs, smoking, Amazon 4.5* out of 10* with 3539 reviews, The Guardian 1* out of 5* Wendy Ide, indiewire.com Grade D.
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