Katherine Baker

Brilliant, vintage, deep, stream of consciousness thinking Ethan Hawke! Get out your Balzac. “The Lily in the Valley.” Love is a tonic. Platonic. Reasonable. Unrequited. Or is it convenient for HIM. Inconvenient for another. Controlling. Out of control. Just one more. Drunk. On the verge of mean. I feel sorry for the 20 year old beautiful Yalie poet girl. She falls for the narcissist guy who is consumed with HIS convenience, thus control. Sadly this naive 20 year old girl is used to reporting constantly to her Mother. We love who we love, and we get there when we get there. Lovely, soul awakening, sonorous music for those of us who grew up with post WWII parents. A younger, innocent America. Enjoy every word and note!

Clever, fast moving, luxe, the way life often is, pomp & pageantry, many funny circumstances, and bring your tissues. It’s all what the 1st movie wasn’t, and more.

Nicholas Cage still “has it.” Big time! Would have adored a bit more back story on his wife and scenes from his character’s distinguished chef’s career, & how he came to live in the woods with his beloved pig, but Hollywood is tres, tres, tres introspective aujourd ‘hui, n’est-ce pas? GO!

Dear Director, We the audience want to languish longer within the dancing scene takes 5 - 15 seconds more, EACH! This movie is a Broadway come to life gem! Stars were born tonight! However, each take cuts away too, much too fast. Like a 7 year old with the clicker. TOO FAST. We’ve never seen the film before. Back the camera up a lot and let us enjoy the costumes, the colors, the dancers & the dance line and details. They worked their butts off to be in sinc. Tight. Wonderful! But we can’t take it all in so fast! TOO many introspective shots all the time & too much too fast. Thank you!

Griping. Like the assassin’s narrative, but the motive for the ending. ?? Could have done with more background. HOW did the lead character get into his Father’s business. HOW did the lead character’s Father die. HOW did the relationship between the lead character’s Father & Anthony Hopkins’s character end? Lazy screen writers. Bummer ending.