Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara star in this story of forbidden love. Set in the 50's in New York, Blanchett is an upper crust wife and mother who spends her time shopping. Mara is a shopgirl in an upper-crusty department store. Turns out that they meet by chance and fall in love, take a trip across the country to "escape it all". Well, Blanchett is escaping, Mara is exploring. This is a great love story that is made better because of the context in which the story is told. The two are battling both the sexual conservatism of the 50's as well as the taboo of crossing class, and the story is told so that we get a real sense of the distress felt by all parties. Directed by Todd Haynes, who also directed Far from Heaven, we see the same attention to detail and coloring/tone that we saw there. Not all love stories are feel good stories. This is one of those. I left feeling like I had witnessed love, but didn't necessarily feel good.
4 stars (out of 5)
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