Is it love, or is it lust?

Rating: 8/10 (23 April 2009)

To the four characters in the movie,love is like a game. They are not serious about love. I think they don't really "love". "If you believe in love at first sight, you never stop looking." accurately sums up what the characters do in the story. They easily give in to lust, ignoring what they already have and seeking what they can't have or what they haven't got yet. The character Dan desires Anna, even if he is in "love" with Alice. At the end of the story, when he finds out that Anna sleeps with Larry, he cannot forgive. When Alice goes back to him, he still minds whether Alice has sex with Larry or not.
Like what Alice comments on the art exhibition that it's a lie, love is a beautiful word that is used to deceive themselves and others. When the spell is broken, they become familiar strangers. It's lust, not love.
Instead of making up another fairytale, the movie maker deals with what happens in real life. It's pretty thought-provoking. Well-done.