Falling in Love

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Summary: Romantic, beautiful and full of love
Review: Although this is a movie about a relationship which was impossible to carry out (both were married), you could see and feel the love and tenderness they felt for each other. Love knows no boundaries and as time went by they conquered all their feelings and found each other again, knowing that this time they could be together and nobody or nothing would be in their way.

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Summary: Falling In Love
Review: De Niro and Streep did an exceptional job in this romantic film. The love felt between the characters is very touching. I am a helpless romantic,therefore, this film is a plus and a must for romantics to see.

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Summary: Well made......
Review: Hollywood capitalized on the acting talents of DeNiro & Streep by uniting them for this wonderful, well made & clean film. DeNiro & Streep play Frank Raftis & Molly Gilmore, two people who first meet by chance & then by choice. There's only one problem between them - they are both married. It's a genuine dilemma that they face. With a fine supporting cast & an excellent Dave Grusin score, Falling in Love is a winner all the way !

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Summary: Well made......
Review: Hollywood capitalized on the acting talents of DeNiro & Streep by uniting them for this wonderful, well made & clean film. DeNiro & Streep play Frank Raftis & Molly Gilmore, two people who first meet by chance & then by choice. There's only one problem between them - they are both married. It's a genuine dilemma that they face. With a fine supporting cast & an excellent Dave Grusin score, Falling in Love is a winner all the way !

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Summary: Streep, DeNiro and Little Moments Transcend Formula Romance
Review: I have a certain fondness for this movie, and twenty years later, it still gets to me. I first saw this movie in a theater during a bleak Chicago winter, and the coziness of this romantic fable warmed me at the right time. Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro - probably at the height of their respective careers in 1984 as respected, Method-style actors and bankable stars - have certainly had more challenging roles to play than the two married suburbanites here, Molly and Frank, who develop a strong attachment to one another by way of train rides back and forth from Connecticut to Manhattan. In fact, this movie does not even have the emotional gravity of Noel Coward's "Brief Encounter", which screenwriter Michael Cristopher is apparently mimicking with a mid-eighties sensibility. There are even excellent actors in supporting roles - Harvey Keitel as Frank's best friend going through his own transition, Dianne Wiest as Molly's sex-obsessed best friend, Jane Kaczmarek as Frank's content but guarded wife, David Clennon as Molly's emotionally unavailable husband - but none are given much to do, other than to be left to their own unstated thoughts and observe what's going on with the main characters.

Yet the film has a certain pervasive charm and a subtle sense of intimacy that makes it seem more substantial than it has any right to be. There is a certain improvisational element to the two lead performances that contributes to this feeling and makes the characters easy to like despite upscale lifestyles that appear more appropriate in a Pottery Barn catalog. You do believe these two characters are hesitantly falling in love, and the scene where they try to make love for the first time has an aching honesty that deepens the story at the right moment. Leave it to Streep and DeNiro to make it all look so authentic in spite of some silly Hollywood story conventions, such as the "boy meets girl" meeting over a passel of Christmas packages at Rizzoli's or the one-year-later denouement that ends naturally on a crowded commuter train...as if there was real suspense in how the story would end. Even putting "The End" on the screen induces an aura of Hollywood artifice.

Regardless, the little moments are what provide the most pleasure here....the way Molly explains how she has made mu-shu pork with Aunt Jemima's pancake mix; how Frank practices his line for the "accidental" run-in with Molly; the montage of silly, Dallas/Dynasty-era outfits that Molly tries on to look good for Frank. These moments provide a nice counterbalance to the more predictable scenes of regret and guilt that are inevitable with this story. Ulu Grosbard directs the actors with a sure hand, though the pacing drags at times, especially toward the end when he suddenly tries to build some suspense with a speeding car in a downpour. Dave Grusin provides a nice, FM-lite score highlighted by "Mountain Dance", the syncopated theme that plays throughout the movie. This film is definitely recommended for those seeking Hollywood-style romance with two acting heavyweights who inject some nice realism into a slight story.


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Summary: I though that this movie was so moving.
Review: I though this movie was very moving. Love is such a beautiful thing. I can watch this movie over and over again. I strongly recommend this movie to anyone who is into romantic movies with happy endings.

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Summary: Married People !!!
Review: I watched this movie first time about six years ago, and really identified myself with it. Firtly because it talks directly to the "over 25 and married" generation. Very simple but at the same time deep story of love between two (in some ways) well married people, who discover love, and decide to brake the walls of self mutilation, to at least feel intensivelly the passion of each other. Even now, several years after its release, the movie can make you think about all your most unchangeable values. Forget about your natural deffences when whatching it !!

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Summary: The Editor was VERY hungry!!
Review: Meryl and Robert are excellent in this film and do the best they can with what they're given.... which leads to the MAJOR complaint.... editing or obscure screenplay? We see how Roberts wife finds out/reacts, but never how Meryls husband does/reacts. We must read between the lines to find out Meryl is free also near the end when they meet again, but never sure if she's seperated or divorced! At one point, it almosts sounds like she's going to say "seperated" but doesn't. Even the end is a let-down! View from a rental store and save your money for "She-devil"or "The French Lieutenants Woman" for a Meryl fix. Even "Death Becomes Her" was better than this "decide for yourself what happens off camera" tripe.

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Summary: One of the best movies I've ever seen.
Review: Perfect movie, real state of art ! Flawless playings of R. De Niro and M. Streep. I never thought, that trivial love story might be shown so touching. Watching this story about love you realise, that nothing can stand between those loving each other. And this movie is one more proof of sining talent of R. De Niro as an actor capable of playing any role.

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Summary: Good FIlm of Forbidden Love
Review: Secret Lovers should have been playing in the Background.their is a real Chemistry between Robert DE Niro&Meryl Streep. the film itself is pretty basic but the Performances of DeNIro&STreep make it worth a View or two.real Light-Hearted for DeNIRO.