Alicia I love this movie so much

Micitype Pretty Good

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

and-matarazzo This film deeply moved me. It's so common to watch films that make perfect sense. Where the narrative is wrapped at intervals with chunks of story that aim at a definitive plot ending. Here if felt like I was inside the movie, watching the lives of these 3 people unfold. So much to be told, so much to be resolved, but only silence and the acts of a brave woman. Bravo.

juanmuscle I really enjoyed this tale. I learnt a lot about a different religion, it was nice and thoughtful, they are a tight nit group who really care about each other. Although no matter how hard we try to lead a perfect life, no matter how much attention we put to every single detail, no matter how we calculate and keep a vigil on the precarious unforeseen, all our contingency plans are but a makeshift band-aid in the face the calamatous unruly heart. This was extremely well-written, there is no doubt about that, the way it unfolded is exactly how a natural thread in the living world might unfold, there was nothing forced or strained nor did the plot yank or pull us one way or anything forced! It all felt so comfortable and yet against the backdrop of the orthodox movement we also felt for everyone involved. So many different perspectives gave life to the plot added to the theme and bolstered the undercurrents, but it also left so much room for the element of mystery, once our hearts began to sink, boom! Hope loomed over the terrible pall, once our hearts felt fettered, boom! Freedom loomed over to sweep us away in a flurry of possibilities. Excellent script! 'May you live a long life' this powerful thoughtful well-intention phrase was being thrown about throughout the tale as if one might say Hallo anywhere else to perhaps our neighbors, but when the two ladies said to each other at the end, charged with so much backstory, it really moved us to look at the phrase word for word and really experience its genuine true meaning of hope rich and full teeming with glory as if said from the soul, 'May you have a long life full of truth and love and joy and hope and vision and everything that is going to make it a life worth living, and perhaps I can be in it?' It was really darling, excellent piece of film making!

gradyharp Naomi Alderman's impressive novel has been adapted for the screen by Sebastián Lelio and Rebecca Lenkiewicz and under Sebastián Lelio's direction and very sophisticated cast of actors bring to life a love story that is at once daring and powerful and deeply moving. Chilean writer and director Sebastián Lelio garnered many awards for his recent film A FANTASTIC WOMAN as well a GLORIA: he is rapidly becoming the leading name in fine challenging films. Ronit Krushka (Rachel Weisz) returns to England after hearing that her estranged father Rav Krushka (Anton Lesser) has died. He visits her old friend Dovid Kuperman (Alessandro Nivola) and discovers that he is now married to Ronit's long ago lesbian lover Esti Kuperman (Rachel McAdams); Ronit, Esti and Dovid has been childhood friends and when Ronit left her Jewish enclave to live in New York, the traditions and rules of the Jewish sector pushed Esti to marry - Dovid. Ronit is a fine arts photographer (her session photographing the tattooed Trevor Allen Davies is a treasured moment), Esti has become a shul teacher, and Dovid is now in line to take Rav's honored place in the synagogue. Under the eyes of Moshe Hartog (Allan Corduner), and his wife Frumka (Bernice Stegers), and the gossips Ronit gradually and subtly rekindle their old love in a richly and well-filmed passionate manner. The unification is challenged by gossips, rules, and Dovid's memories of Rav's final words that freedom is the most treasured aspect of life and the story ends with a sophisticated resolution.Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams and Alessandro Nivola are brilliant and the film is one of cinematic wonder. The intact Hebrew chants and singing add immeasurably to the story, as does the musical score by Matthew Herbert and the cinematography by Danny Cohen. Subtle, rich in emotion and understanding of both Jewish tradition and lesbian love, this is a film to treasure. Highly recommended

eddieknox95 McAdams and Weisz are exceptional in these roles. The introduction of their forbidden romance is neither overly drawn out in a lazy attempt to create tension, nor is it rushed. The whole film delicately and expertly balances spine-tingling chemistry and heart-wrenching moments.Reviews that claim the film to be slow are perhaps written by those with little patience, or watching only for the love scene. Recommend watching when in a calm headspace with heaps of time to dedicate to these superb performances. It's refreshing to see a film with two queer female leads unfetishized and end with a promise of happiness.