Autumn is in the air.
You can tell not only because of the dropping temperatures and turning leaves, but because the intelligent movies are starting to open. With sense and sensibility, Ang Lee has directed an adaptation of the novel by Rick Moody which features all kinds of '70's angst and alienation. The haunting musical score by Mychael Danna adds dimension and an almost Zen-like quality to the proceedings. Ben and Elena Hood are a couple whose strained marriage has just about reached the breaking point. Ben is having a perfunctory affair with his neighbor, Janey Carver, that one could hardly call fun-filled.