Love Is Strange
2014 · Movie · R · 98 min · ★ 6.3 · 88% critics
After decades together, a longtime couple finally marries, only to face sudden financial trouble when one of them loses a job. Forced to sell their New York home, they rely on friends and family for temporary places to stay, testing routines, patience, and the meaning of commitment while they try to find stability again.
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-08-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (308 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gentle, bittersweet relationship drama about everyday pressures, family friction, and finding dignity in hard times; Not for you if you need fast pacing or big plot turns, like in Passages.
Pros: tender, human relationship focus; strong lead performances; bittersweet humor | Cons: slow, low-key pacing; thin or contrived plot; unresolved story threads
Themes
- new york city
- homophobia
- male homosexuality
- wedding
- gay marriage
- lgbt
- same sex marriage
- gay theme
- gay relationship
Cast & crew
John Lithgow
as Ben
Alfred Molina
as George
Marisa Tomei
as Kate
Darren E. Burrows
as Elliot
Charlie Tahan
as Joey
Cheyenne Jackson
as Ted
Manny Perez
as Roberto
Christina Kirk
as Mindy
- TB
Tank Burt
as Doreen
Christian Coulson
as Ian
Directed by Ira Sachs