I’m kind of surprised at the blasé response this film has garnered from others judging by the relatively low ratings from my LB friends and the lack of discussion here. I thought this was absolutely wonderful, an impossibly charming romantic fantasy that never makes a wrong move into any “serious” consequences or intrusions into the shared delusions of its central couple. The film is functionally the kind of entertainment you might make for an audience of children (non-derogatory) only directed at adults, and I admired the film for staying true to its tone and never tipping over into fashionable miserableness or ironic distancing. And of course even while not taking itself too seriously, it in fact does reveal itself to be a great film about what I’ve long defined “love” as: the acceptance of the flaws of others in the hopes that they do the same for you. My favorite part of the narrative here, though, is the collection of oddballs and average Joes alike whom Scott collects, all of whom accept his delusion without hesitation. What a great depiction of the love of a friend, too!
(Whoever bought the last copy on Orbit last night right as I was checking out, though, I have limited love for! Luckily eBay came in clutch)
I also found it interesting that this film essentially ends the same way
Take Shelter
does 40 years later, though I don’t recall anyone ever making the connection before (prob because you could not pick two more disparate films in tone!)
