What we've got here is a failure to communicate

Rating: Null/10 (31 March 2004)

Tom Lehrer joked that if you really can't communicate the least you could do is shut up about it. If you agree with that you won't enjoy this film. On the other hand, if you're interested in the struggles people have to relate to each other, you might. You may think you know what these two lonely people are thinking but you'll have to supply the words yourself, because they hardly ever say them.
Some people seem to think this is a love story and the failure to physically consummate the relationship lifts it to a higher plane. I don't think so. Neither of them knows what to say. Example: *SPOILER* He does go to bed with a woman and she finds out. She's pretty antsy and eventually says something like "well you probably have more in common as you're closer to each other in age." This seems to me to be exactly the opposite of what she really thinks and feels.
Sad movie really, but it resonates.