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Takes itself way too seriously

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

If you like slow movies, go for it. I found it so boring that I had to read a couple of articles in my newspaper while watching it. And I still didn't miss anything. Even what's supposed to be peak suspension doesn't create much suspension (at least not for me, but other viewers apparently had a different impression).

There is artistry in this film, good cinematography and some fine acting. I was well motivated to watch as Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay were iconic figures of my youth in the 60s. And yet when it finished I just wanted to top myself - if that's how you end up as you age, somewhere between just enduring and pretty miserable, let's end it now! There was nothing unrealistic about the scenario and the depiction of the characters, I just didn't want to spend time in their world. They are so selfish and humourless, it's just depressing. Better to have some kids and get a life than end up like these two. Why did I watch til the end? I was convinced that something was going to happen and couldn't believe it when the end credits appeared. There is in fact no story to this film, merely a scenario. It's finely depicted but I have never seen a film built on so little.

Kate (Charlotte Rampling) is preparing her 45th anniversary party married to Geoff Mercer (Tom Courtenay). They live comfortably childless in rural England. Geoff reveals something about a previous relationship with Katya who died long ago hiking a glacier but the body was only recently discovered. Kate is a little perplexed and struggles to understand the true nature of their relationship.Charlotte Rampling is one of the greatest actresses around. I get the idea of an old couple with a secret. There isn't enough danger or drama for the tension to be truly raised. The major drama should occur after the big discovery. This is a quiet drama with buried emotions. I'm not complaining that nothing happens. It's just that the drama is interior and doesn't amount to that big. If you like quiet character study, this one is for you.

45 Years. That's the perfect title for this movie because it felt like it took 45 years to watch it.The scenery in this movie was lovely and the acting was very high quality. However, the whole basis of the story lost me; why in the world would anyone become that unhinged over their spouse's long-dead past lover? So Geoff and Katya were an item several years prior to Geoff meeting Kate. Katya died tragically and Geoff never fully got over his love for Katya. As far as we know he never cheated, or was in any way unfaithful to Kate during their marriage. He simply continued to love the memory of Katya and the news in the letter brought those feelings to the surface for him.Yet Kate is so insecure that she can't get past it. Good God, what a jealous, tedious shrew she is to manufacture a midlife crisis out of such an understandable and natural circumstance for her husband.Get over it woman.