Great Acting

Rating: 7/10 (8 November 2009)

This was a story that left me feeling a lot better about my own life compared to these sad and desperate characters. Kate and Leo did a great job in their roles, as did the rest of the cast.
The movie had a feel to it of watching a stage play, and could likely be adapted for the stage very easily. The dialog is the strong suit in this movie by far.
Far from happy, the movie is really quite depressing as you watch the characters never seeming to find any joy and only growing more bitter. I found myself saying several times, "Wow, their life stinks."
An odd quirk in the movie is the lack of mentioning where their children are throughout most of it. There was only one part near the end where it's said that the kids are at a friend's house and then it's only more obvious that something is going to happen.