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Such a frustrating disappointment

Strong and Moving!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

This is an OK movie. Ever since Gladiator I loved Jaquion Phoenix's acting, he truly is a pleasure to watch. A real actor and the opposite of those like Keanu Reeves. That said, I wish he had a stronger character in this movie. I don't see Phoenix's character as realistic though. This seems like a role-reversal film that asks 'What if the guy acts like the chick in the relationship?' He does what women do; he wants what he can't have and spurns the hot girl (Sandra) that actually wants him for the troubled but 'out-of-reach' (Michelle) girl he can't have. I've been with a lot of women, when I was younger (and better looking). His behavior would turn 99% of women off, they all want some sort of challenge, so of course she is going to go for the married guy, that is how women behave. Maybe a desperate (ugly/fat) girl would be OK with his behavior , but not a hottie like Paltrow's character. The quickest way to turn a girl off like Michelle would be to get clingy and cringey like he does. It was hard to enjoy after that, because it seemed more like a fantasy, 'what if?' than a look at a real relationship. I've never acted like that, no boy or man I know or have seen acts like this. He literally takes a woman's emotional role. He's pretty pathetic and in reality, Paltrow's character would continue to manipulate him; keeping him interested enough to be the 'Penis under glass to break in an emergency' and in the 'friend zone.' I wish it was more realistic, because with his behavior she wouldn't have to put out, she would keep him at arm's reach, since he was already at her beck and call. It seemed very predictable that she would not show up to go with him to SF and stay with the married guy. At least that part was realistic. I didn't like the ending either, I felt he was being untrue to Sandra by settling for her when she being such a hottie, deserves someone that actually wants her. I love the 'Blue Velvet' shout out, 'Hey, neighbor' - that in itself made this worth watching.

"Two Lovers" is a movie which has to do with a man who his parents arrange a gathering at their house with another couple who have a beautiful daughter. They want to get to know each other and after that whatever happen is between them. On the other side this man meets and fell in love with another beautiful woman and now he is in a different situation in which he has to decide with who woman he wants to be.I liked this movie because it shows us many things about the personalities of people and how they react when something happen ether is good or bad. I also liked this movie because of the interpretation of Joaquin Phoenix who plays as Leonard Kraditor a man who are in a dilemma, another good interpretation made by Gwyneth Paltrow who plays as Michelle Rausch a woman who Leonard Kraditor is in love. Finally I have to say that this movie's storyline and whole plot is really unpredictable and that is something that I liked very much this movie, strongly recommended.

Two Lovers is a decisive improvement over Joaquin Phoenix's previous collaborations with director James Gray, and it may well be Phoenix's finest performance yet. It's a much smaller, simpler story than that of We Own The Night, and as a result it's more focused and leaves a stronger impression.The themes of family and duty are still very central in Two Lover, but this time the conflict is almost entirely within the protagonist's head, and Phoenix does a good enough job to pull it off - he's vulnerable, pitiable, charming and charismatic all at once, and he's very relatable. The basic premise of his conflict - a man being torn between his family's expectations and his wild, passionate love - has been done many times before, but rarely this sincerely and brutally honest. Two Lovers serves almost as a deconstruction of that ages-old tale, it's one of the most honest romance films I've ever seen and it leads down to a crushing but inevitable conclusion.Phoenix is aided by a fine cast of supporting actors, all of them doing a terrific job but never stealing the show - Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw as the love interests, Isabella Rossellini as Phoenix's mother and a special mention for Moni Moshonov - one of the biggest stars of stage and screen in his native Israel - in a wonderful turn as the father. Elias Koteas and Bob Ari complete the compact ensemble, but of course it's Phoenix's show and he's always captivating, proving just how good he can be. My only complaints about the film would be an uneven and sometimes clumsy script, and cinematography that fails to leave any real impression (in stark contrast to We Own The Night, of which the cinematography was the most impressive aspect). None of that hurts the overall impression much, though - Two Lovers is still one of the most refreshing, captivating and depressing romance films around.

James Gray directs "Two Lovers". The film is based on "White Nights", a short story by literature's glowering giant, Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky's story was previously turned into "Four Nights of a Dreamer" by Robert Bresson and "White Nights" (1957) by Luchino Visconti. Though dated in some respects, both are fine films.Gray's plot? Joaquin Phoenix plays Leonard, a young man living with his parents and working in their dry cleaners shop on Coney Island. In typical Dostoyevsky fashion, Leonard is perpetually unhappy, suicidal and has suffered some traumatic incidents in his recent past. He's also a photographer.Into Leonard's life steps two women, one played by Vinessa Shaw the other by Gwyneth Paltrow. Shaw fawns over Leonard, but he's attracted to Paltrow because she, like him, represents damaged goods. The film then becomes a lesson in propinquity, like-attracting-like to both subject's detriment. Leonard and Paltrow are like a couple of enablers, two negatively affected people feeding off each other as they're dragged inexorably toward the black. Leonard then breaks free of Paltrow and opts for Shaw, the sweet-faced girl who essentially saves his life.Gray's title seems to have a double meaning, referring both to Leonard's twin romantic options, and his relationship with his mother, who worries and watches over her child, and seems to have entombed him in a womb of perpetual youth. Living in his parent's home, in a tiny bedroom, surrounded by totems of childhood, Leonard is in a state of arrested development, caught between adulthood and a scarred, traumatised childhood. Shaw offers Leonard the opportunity to grow up, to overcome his pain, whilst Mommy and Paltrow keep Leonard in a sullen solace which only cripples him further.James Gray wears his influences on his sleeves. His film channels Paddy Chayefsky's "Marty" and is heavily indebted to Luchino Visconti (Gray seems to love Visconti; his crime films reference Visconti's "Rocco and his Brothers", and a dance sequence in "Two Lovers" recalls Visconti's "White Nights"). Though it boasts fine performances and palpable atmosphere, "Two Lovers" eventually degenerates into clichés. Elsewhere actor Joaquin Phoenix is far too old for his role. Isabella Rossellini co-stars.7.9/10 – Worth one viewing. See "Searching For a Midnight Kiss", "In The City of Sylvia", "Beyond The Clouds" and the romances of Rohmer and Linklater.