not convinced by the romance

Rating: 6/10 (27 June 2010)

I was never convinced that Ben (Pitt) and Daisy (Blanchett) were in love, or even that attracted to each other. The director uses a montage to cover the height of their romantic relationship because there is little chemistry between the lead roles.
The film is aesthetically very pleasing, stylish etc. Some parts of it are funny, many of the support roles (e.g. the tattooed captain) are interesting but the film hinges on the relationship between Daisy and Ben and how they deal with Bens reverse of age.
Mild spoiler below...
It works quite well when they are both (mentally) children but as they get older rather than giving us a struggle to care about we watch two characters mistreat each other and fail to love each other, to then finally come together for a montage, and then they split again.