Like Crazy

Felicity Jones

Nice take on a young couple trying to maintain a long distance relationship. Separated by a continent, an ocean and bureaucracy they try but it proves too difficult to keep a hot flame burning when most of their time is spent apart.

Interesting time jumps made the film seem compact...just the important scenes were shown in a five year relationship. Asymmetric affair had her committed...him not so much. His character was passive and vague. She was the initiator at every stage...he just sort of moped along. The ending was very sad...love doesn't conquer all...not even its participants.

Star-making turn by Ms Jones. She is beautiful and charismatic. She lights up the screen in every scene.  He (Anton Yelchin) didn't.

A movie love affair that hewed closely to real life.

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