Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Micitype Pretty Good

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Deepak Aggrawal I don't really understand why this movie is so underrated. This is one of the best movies you could watch with parallel universe. Although, you can almost guess its ending if you have seen enough such movies. But still it keeps you engaged all the time. Worth watching.

Vikingbyheart Some movies can show that cinema is not just made of large productions and even with low budget and no major special effects you can produce a great film. This is the case of The One I Love, first feature-film of the director Charlie McDowell. With an original script and filmed almost in one set (a country house), the viewer is captivated by the story and the main characters in such a way that he will wait anxiously for the outcome of the plot. The One I Love reminds us of another great film in the same style that also did not have the proper recognition: Coherence (2013).The story involves a couple, Ethan (played by Mark Duplass, known for Safety Not Guaranteed - 2012) and Sophie (played by Elisabeth Moss, known for the character Peggy Olson in the TV series Mad Men - 2007-2015), which make therapy to try to overcome the serious marital crisis in which they live. After an unsuccessful attempt to rediscover love through an important and happy time in the past, on the verge of separation, the therapist (played by Ted Danson, known for Saving Private Ryan - 1998) suggests as the last device in attempt to save the marriage of the couple that they spend a weekend in his cottage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal when an unexpected discovery requires both to rethink about themselves, their relationships and their future.This is the typical movie that the less you know about the plot the better will be your cinematographic experience. Despite being classified as a romance, drama and science fiction, the movie can not be classified in a predominant genre. There are also passages of suspense and mystery in the history. And here we must highlight the work of the director and Justin Lader's great script, who tackles an issue that is not new (marital crisis) in a creative and engaging way. There is a deep approach to the difficulties of living together with someone as well as the expectations that we created with respect to each other and also to the new. There was a concern to keep the two views of the plot (the vision of man and woman) in balance, and the story does not force the viewer to tilt to one side. The soundtrack is subtle and sometimes goes unnoticed, but it sets the tone needed for the various stages of the work.A curiosity revealed by Duplass (which besides actor is also a director, writer and producer) in this interview, was that although the script has 50 pages and be carefully detailed, both in movement and in which the characters are doing, it doesn't have written dialogue. Thus, each piece of dialogue in the film was improvised. The actors were being as natural as they could with their motivations and the trajectory of the scene and using surprises so that the other does not accommodate, making more spontaneous actions than if they were rehearsing. It is noteworthy that the duo Duplass and Moss delivered fine performances both individually and as a couple. The viewer is involved in the story and have the impression that is watching a actual story with real characters and conflicts.The title of the film, The One I Love, seems innocent and generic, but gains new connotations when contrasted with the story itself and the movie poster. With a few twists, a clever and intriguing plot and a deliberately open-ending, the movie will leave you thinking about its nuances. This is a film that provokes reflection and certainly will rouse in the viewer the will to go back in the history, whether to contemplates it in detail or to try to get some answers to the questions that were unanswered. Originally posted in: https://vikingbyheart.blogspot.com.br

Reno Rangan This is a slow start, but the second half makes it worth a watch. You better know nothing about the film, just have it and enjoy your time. Because that was the case for me and then I found it a good one. I don't know this director, but Mark Duplass was doing such kind of unique concept small films. So there's no surprise, except I did know I would end up liking it very much.When it comes to the film theme, kind of resembles 'Coherence'. The whole film revolves around a married couple, except in the beginning. So it is a minimal cast film that is set in a remote place villa. As their therapist's instruction a couple who are on the edge of losing their marriage, tries a weekend getaway to patch the differences. But end up encountering the strange events that pleases them more than what they've expected. When they begin to realise the reality, comes the trouble to fix it once for all.The third act was amazing. The pace keeps getting better and the tension in the story simply creates enough curiosity about the ending. But the conclusion was very basic and guessable. I liked the honest than too much fancy. Still the viewers look for the answers regarding how it ended which is kind of a wide open for the discussions.I love modern sci-fi dramas, especially in the last one decade, I have been enjoying them a lot, which are highly intelligent yet casually narrated on the screen that anybody can understand easily. If you had liked films such as 'Coherence', 'Another Earth', 'Her', 'Melanchony' et cetera, then surely would have a good time with it.7/10

SnoopyStyle Ethan (Mark Duplass) and Sophie (Elisabeth Moss) are struggling as a couple after he cheated on her. The therapist (Ted Danson) sends them on a retreat. What starts out as a nice simple vacation takes a strange unexpected turn.It's hard to write a review about this movie without giving away the twist. It's a rather boring indie for the first 20 minutes. Then it takes the left turn and gets quirky fun real quick. It's great when the couple is trying to figure it out. It's pretty funny. It does drag a little after the initial turn. It goes into something deeper than a simple comedy.