Something was missing

Rating: Null/10 (11 January 2004)

I thought this was a beautifully made movie but the emotional core was missing for me. For all their longing I didn't feel there was a real connection between Inman and Ada. They appear to have nothing in common, and hardly speak to one another. It is only after Inman leaves to go to war that their feelings for one another seem to intensify. Perhaps in the loneliness and barbarism of war, the brief connection they shared becomes magnified in their minds.
Far more interesting to me was the relationship between Ruby and Ada. There was a real sense of their love for one another, even though it was never really voiced (only once by Ada) in the way that Ada and Inman ferquently professed their love for one another. Their relationship simply didn't grab my heart the way I thought it would.
A beautifully told story, no doubt but for me there was still something missing.