Wednesday, April 01, 2020

Middle Aged Lady Movie Night - The Two Faces of January

Chester and his new wife Colette are touring through Greece, when they meet Rydal an American con man who is ripping off tourists.  The group become entwined, and you can see the infatuation growing between the beautiful young wife played by Kristin Dunst and the handsome Oscar Isaac.  You can tell that the older Viggo Mortensen is not going to be pleased with this love triangle as he looks annoyed or angry for 90% of the movie. 

Although beautiful to look at with the hot dusty countryside as a backdrop, and stylish clothes and hats I felt a bit unmoved by this movie, and felt that it was desperately trying to be a Talented Mr Ripley, another movie that didn't do anything for me.  In fact by the end I was annoyed with the plot, wandering why you would continue to chase someone who was trying to frame you.  2/5

1 comment:

John Bellen said...

It sounds like none of the characters is particularly sympathetic or likeable. I don't care for movies like that.