Having known the movie-Take This Waltz DVD box
set is that I watched its Theatrical Trailer at theater. All of lens in
the movie and the unique personal performance of Michelle Williams remind me of
another film, the Blue Valentine’s Day that really leave me deep impression.
The film is seen almost entirely from the
point of view of Margot, a 28-year-old freelance journalist, and Michelle
Williams, one of the cinema's most versatile performers (her recent roles have
included a troubled working-class woman in Blue Valentine, Marilyn Monroe in My
Week With Marilyn and a pioneer wife in the realistic western Meek's Cutoff)
brings an extraordinary depth and complexity to the character.
She's been married for five years to Lou
(Seth Rogen touching in one of his more serious films), a cheerful, humorous,
slightly overweight cook currently writing a book on different ways of
preparing chicken, and they live in the attractive Portugal Village in downtown
Toronto, a distinctively old-fashioned, quasi-bohemian area far removed in tone
from the gleaming skyscrapers that define the appearance of Canada's largest
and most prosperous city.
The movie proceeds by parallel events that
echo each other – jokily conducted sex with Lou, for instance, is followed
shortly thereafter by truly arousing virtual sex with Daniel who sits in a bar
describing in erotic detail his desire for Margot. The reality of modern
Toronto is contrasted with the romanticism of the idyllic recreated Nova
Scotia, and the allure of the latter provokes Margot into taking the momentous
decision to follow the compass of her uncertain heart.
To sum up, the movie is truthful and
honest. Like the Cohen song, Polley's movie touches on familiar feelings and
evokes common experiences in a way that goes beyond what can be explained. Needless
to say, at the silent afternoon, watch the kind of movie, it’s very enjoyable.
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