her review

Rating: 9/10 (3 May 2014)

Joaquin Phoenix displays Theodore as a lonely man, who's inner turmoil is evidenced by the sadness in his eyes, which he attempts to hide behind his elaborate glasses. Rarely does he smile, but you'd be forgiven for not noticing due to the bright, primary-coloured clothes he wears. It's his own, daily disguise, for his unhappiness and romantic longing. As the film begins, we meet him at a crossroads in his life. He's riddled with rose-tinted flashbacks of the better moments of his marriage, which is now at the latter stages of divorce. He's the kind of character you're more frequently likely to come across nowadays; a person who feels displaced within the real world and resultantly exists within a realm that oscillates between clinical depression and fleeting bouts of happiness...
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