2011 · drama · romance
Restless
Directed by Gus Van Sant1h 31m2011
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
Our read: Restless (2011) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, gentle drama / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- sombre
- measured
- gentle
- intimate
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How Restless feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a fragile teen romance about mortality, ghosts, and Gus Van Sant's gentle drift.”
Skip it tonight — You find terminal-illness twee unbearable or need a script stronger than the performances.
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