2011 · drama · romance
Take This Waltz
Directed by Sarah Polley1h 56m2011
Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual attraction is undeniable.
Our read: Take This Waltz (2011) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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“You want an honest, uncomfortable look at desire inside an otherwise loving marriage.”
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